CAS Loc. 1467/1467A, Enos Canyon (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as West of Winters

Where: Yolo County, California (38.7° N, 122.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.1° N, 91.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Upper Campanian, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, nodular, calcareous siliciclastic sediments

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

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Rambke; reposited in the CAS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Rambke. REPOSITORY: CAS.

Primary reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86819: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.02.2009, 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.
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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua Gabb 1864 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Bullina yoloensis n. sp.
Bullina yoloensis n. sp. Anderson 1958 snail
 Cerithioidea - Pleuroceridae
Elimia aff. veatchii
Elimia aff. veatchii Gabb 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Tessarolax distorta
Tessarolax distorta Gabb 1864 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
"Bullina nortonensis n. sp." = Ellipsoscapha nortonensis
"Bullina nortonensis n. sp." = Ellipsoscapha nortonensis Anderson 1958 snail
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Phylloceras ramosum" = Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) ramosum
"Phylloceras ramosum" = Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) ramosum Meek 1857 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Parapuzosia sp., Hauericeras sp., "Desmophyllites yoloensis n. sp." = Desmophyllites diphylloides, "Desmophyllites siskiyouensis" = Desmophyllites diphylloides
Parapuzosia sp. Nowak 1913 ammonite
Hauericeras sp. de Grossouvre 1894 ammonite
"Desmophyllites yoloensis n. sp." = Desmophyllites diphylloides Forbes 1846 ammonite
"Desmophyllites siskiyouensis" = Desmophyllites diphylloides Forbes 1846 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Metaplacenticeras californicum, Metaplacenticeras pacificum
Metaplacenticeras californicum Anderson 1902 ammonite
Metaplacenticeras pacificum Smith 1900 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites aff. fairbanksi
Baculites aff. fairbanksi Anderson 1902 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Pseudoxybeloceras cf. lineatum, Oxybeloceras sp.
Oxybeloceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus subundatus
Inoceramus subundatus Meek 1861 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Cyprina denmanensis
Cyprina denmanensis Whiteaves 1903 clam
 Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira cretacea
Thyasira cretacea Whiteaves 1873 clam
Echinoidea
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Echinocorys sp.
Echinocorys sp. Leske 1778 sea urchin