D-5727 - South-facing road cut: Late/Upper Mississippian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Blastozoa indet. Sprinkle 1973
Watkins 1973 30 individuals
"crinozoa spp."
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"other brachiopods"
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
? Setigerites sp.
5 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia informal sp. A Fredericks 1928
4 individuals
Semicostella sp.
2 individuals
? Alifera sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
14 individuals
replaced by Alitaria
Lissomarginifera shastensis Watkins 1974
Watkins 1973 3 individuals
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Dorsoscyphus johnsoni Watkins 1974
27 individuals
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella informal sp. A Girty 1904
1 individual
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes californicus Watkins 1974
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida
? Reticularioidea indet. Waagen 1883
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"reticulariacean(?) sp. B"
Spiriferoidea indet. (King 1846)
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"spiriferacean sp. D"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
? Unispirifer sp.
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyrididae indet. Fredericks 1924
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"brachythyridid"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris informal sp. A George 1931
6 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Verneuiliidae
Verneuiliidae indet. Schuchert 1929
Watkins 1973 3 individuals
"Verneuilia-like brachiopod"
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
4 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Spinuliplica sp.
11 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Stenoscismatoidea indet. Oehlert 1887
Watkins 1973 19 individuals
"stenoscisnatacean sp.A"
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Notothyrididae indet. Licharew 1960
Watkins 1973 6 individuals
"notothyridld"
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria cf. compacta
3 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
36 individuals
Fenestellida
Fenestellida indet.
Watkins 1973 7 individuals
includes both "fenestellid type 1" and "fenestellid type 2"
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoreteporidae indet. Bassler 1935
Watkins 1973 5 individuals
"sulcoreteporld type 1"
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida
Rhabdomesida indet. Vine 1883
Watkins 1973 21 individuals
"rhabdomesid"
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladiidae indet. Zittel 1880
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"acanthocladiid"
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"scaphopod sp. A"
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Neilsonia sp. Thomas 1940
Watkins 1973 19 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina
Subulitoidea indet. (Lindström 1884)
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"subulitacean sp. A"
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalidae indet. White 1877
Watkins 1973 16 individuals
"euomphalid"
Gastropoda
? Pleurotomarioidea indet. (Swainson 1840)
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"pleuritomariacean(?) sp. B"
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium informal sp.A Bronn 1835
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"other pelecypods"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten sp. Girty 1903
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Watkins 1973 3 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus informal sp.A Chavan 1954
Watkins 1973 9 individuals
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus informal sp. A King 1844
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin bairdensis (Wheeler 1937)
Watkins 1973 9 individuals
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"solitary tetracoral"
Foraminifera
Foraminifera indet. (Eichwald 1830)
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"foraminifers spp."
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Shasta
Coordinates: 40.9° North, 122.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.2° North, 48.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Serpukhovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Mississippian
Age range of interval:330.90000 - 323.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bragdon
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Four feet stratigraphically above D-5726, in same roadcut.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified calcareous mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Thin- bedded calcilutite.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: Intermittently wave-agitated environments.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Database number:143607
Authorizer:N. Bonuso, J. Marcot Enterer:P. Monarrez, J. Marcot
Modifier:P. Monarrez
Created:2013-04-25 08:38:00 Last modified:2013-04-24 18:01:59
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-25 08:38:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
46424. R. Watkins. 1974. Carboniferous Brachiopods from Northern California. Journal of Paleontology 48(2):304-325 [N. Bonuso/P. Monarrez]

Secondary references:

17057 R. Watkins. 1973. Carboniferous Faunal Associations and Stratigraphy, Shasta County, Northern California. AAPG Bulletin 57(9):1743-1764 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]