D-5731 - South-facing roadcut: Late/Upper Mississippian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Blastozoa indet. Sprinkle 1973
Watkins 1973 3 individuals
"crinozoa spp."
Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae
Strophalosiidae indet. Schuchert 1913
1 individual
"strophalosiid sp.A"
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
? Setigerites sp.
9 individuals
Buxtonia cf. websteri
8 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia informal sp. B Fredericks 1928
1 individual
Semicostella sp.
1 individual
Antiquatonia sp. Miloradovich 1945
12 individuals
Lissomarginifera shastensis Watkins 1974
7 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus sp.
1 individual
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella informal sp. A Girty 1904
5 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes californicus Watkins 1974
2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida
Reticularioidea indet. Waagen 1883
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"reticulariacean sp. A"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Kitakamithyris sp.
2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida
Spiriferoidea indet. (King 1846)
Watkins 1973 6 individuals
"spiriferacean sp. D"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
? Unispirifer sp.
16 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
Brachythyrididae indet. Fredericks 1924
Watkins 1973 14 individuals
"brachythyridid"
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
9 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida
Spiriferinida indet. Ivanova 1972
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"spiriferinid sp.B"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Spinuliplica sp.
4 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
6 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Stenoscismatoidea indet. Oehlert 1887
Watkins 1973 18 individuals
"stenoscisnatacean sp. A"
Fenestellida
Fenestellida indet.
Watkins 1973 4 individuals
"Fenestellid type 2"
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoreteporidae indet. Bassler 1935
Watkins 1973 3 individuals
"sulcoreteporld type 1"
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida
Rhabdomesida indet. Vine 1883
Watkins 1973 11 individuals
"rhabdomesid"
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Neilsonia sp. Thomas 1940
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
Gastropoda - Euomphalina
Platyceratoidea indet. (Hall 1859)
Watkins 1973 4 individuals
"platyceratacean(?)"
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814
Watkins 1973 4 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculanida
Nuculanoidea indet. Adams and Adams 1858
Watkins 1973 3 individuals
"nuculanacean"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
? Etheripecten informal planoconvexa Watkins MS
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Watkins 1973 5 individuals
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"ostracods"
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin bairdensis (Wheeler 1937)
Watkins 1973 7 individuals
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"solitary tetracoral"
Foraminifera
Foraminifera indet. (Eichwald 1830)
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"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
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:143608
Authorizer:N. Bonuso, J. Marcot Enterer:P. Monarrez, J. Marcot
Created:2013-04-25 08:45:32 Last modified:2013-04-24 17:45:32
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-25 08:45:32
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]