CAS loc. 33502, Southeast of Burt's Ranch house on McCarthy Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as CAS loc. "2398" and "3398" of Anderson 1938; USGS M1580

Where: Tehama County, California (40.1° N, 122.2° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 71.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Buchia keyserlingi other zone, Paskenta Formation, Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Paskenta Fm. AGE: Hauterivian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but probably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Anderson; reposited in the CAS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: F. M. Anderson (1928 or 1929). REPOSITORY: CAS, California.

Primary reference: D. L. Jones, E. H. Bailey, and R. W. Imlay. 1969. Structural and stratigraphic significance of the Buchia zones in the Colyear Springs-Paskenta Area, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (647-A)A1-A24 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83604: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.08.2008, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoidea. Other taxonomic groups may be present but are not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with fairly modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae
Polyptychites sp.2, "Subastieria chanchelula" = Simbirskites broadi1
Polyptychites sp.2 Pavlow 1892 ammonite
"Subastieria chanchelula" = Simbirskites broadi1 Anderson 1938 ammonite
p. 156
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
"Neocomites jenkinsi n. sp." = Thurmanniceras jenkinsi1, Thurmanniceras stippi, Thurmannia paskentae n. sp.1, "Berriasella crassiplicata" = Kilianella crassiplicata1
"Neocomites jenkinsi n. sp." = Thurmanniceras jenkinsi1 Anderson 1933 ammonite
CAS loc. "2398"
Thurmanniceras stippi Anderson 1938 ammonite
USGS loc. M1580
Thurmannia paskentae n. sp.1 Anderson 1938 ammonite
CAS loc. "3398"
"Berriasella crassiplicata" = Kilianella crassiplicata1 Stanton 1895 ammonite
p. 163 - 164
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Buchiidae
"Aucella nuciformis" = Aucella nuciformia1
"Aucella nuciformis" = Aucella nuciformia1 Pavlow 1907 scallop