PBDB Collection

CIT loc. 1007, Oak Run (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 10816

Where: Shasta County, California (40.7° N, 122.0° W: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 85.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hooten Gulch Mudstone Member (Redding Formation), Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• sandy beds of Member IV (of Popenoe 1943)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: W. P. Popenoe and L. R. Saul. 1987. Evolution and classification of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary gastropod Perissitys. Contributions in Science 380:1-37 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 72037: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.05.2007, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Excorbula parkyi n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Excorbula parkyi n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Squires and Saul 2004 clam
Pholadida - Pholadidae	Barnea (Anchomasa) saulae n. sp.¹ Barnea (Anchomasa) saulae n. sp.¹ Kennedy 1993 clam
Gastropoda
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Volutoderma querna⁵ Volutoderma querna⁵ Saul and Squires 2008 volute
Neogastropoda - Perissityidae	Zinsitys meisteri n. sp.⁴, ? Pseudocymia aitha n. sp., Perissitys cretacea Zinsitys meisteri n. sp.⁴ Saul 1988 snail ? Pseudocymia aitha n. sp. Popenoe and Saul 1987 snail Perissitys cretacea Cooper 1896 snail
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Micasarcina vallis n. gen. n. sp.⁸, Plectocion curvirostris⁸ Micasarcina vallis n. gen. n. sp.⁸ Squires and Saul 2003 snail Plectocion curvirostris⁸ Gabb 1864 snail
Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae	Pyropsis californica n. sp.⁷ Pyropsis californica n. sp.⁷ Squires 2011 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Gyrodes (Sohlella) quercus n. sp.³ Gyrodes (Sohlella) quercus n. sp.³ Popenoe et al. 1987 moon snail
Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae	Paosia ursula¹⁰ Paosia ursula¹⁰ Anderson 1958 snail
Heterostropha - Mathildidae	Echinimathilda querna n. sp.⁸ Echinimathilda querna n. sp.⁸ Squires and Saul 2003 snail
Trochoidea - Turbinidae	Atira popenoei⁶ Atira popenoei⁶ Squires 2010 snail
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	Baculites boulei² Baculites boulei² Collignon 1931 ammonite
Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae	? Peroniceras sp.² ? Peroniceras sp.² de Grossouvre 1894 ammonite "juvenile"

¹Kennedy 1993; ²Matsumoto 1960; ³Popenoe et al. 1987; ⁴Saul 1988; ⁵Saul and Squires 2008; ⁶Squires 2010; ⁷Squires 2011; ⁸Squires and Saul 2003; ⁹Squires and Saul 2004; ¹⁰Squires and Saul 2004