D-4574 - West-facing roadcut: Late/Upper Mississippian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"solitary tetracoral"
unclassified
Blastozoa indet. Sprinkle 1973
Watkins 1973 23 individuals
"crinozoa spp."
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladiidae indet. Zittel 1880
Watkins 1973 5 individuals
"acanthocladiid"
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoreteporidae indet. Bassler 1935
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"sulcoreteporld type 1"
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida
Rhabdomesida indet. Vine 1883
Watkins 1973 3 individuals
"rhabdomesid"
Fenestellida
Fenestellida indet.
Watkins 1973 155 individuals
includes "fenestellid type 1" and "fenestellid type 2"
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Watkins 1973 9 individuals
"other brachiopods"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Kitakamithyris sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris informal sp. A George 1931
2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria cf. compacta
3 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida
Spiriferinida indet. Ivanova 1972
Watkins 1973 5 individuals
"spiriferinid sp. B"
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
3 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostidae indet. Stehli 1954
4 individuals
spelled with current rank as Dictyoclostinae
"dictyoclostid sp. B"
? Setigerites sp.
8 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia informal sp. B Fredericks 1928
12 individuals
Semicostella sp.
1 individual
Lissomarginifera shastensis Watkins 1974
30 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Fluctuaria sp.
10 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Ovatia sp.
1 individual
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Karavankina sp. Ramovs 1966
1 individual
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes californicus Watkins 1974
205 individuals
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Dorsoscyphus johnsoni Watkins 1974
1 individual
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
Watkins 1973 14 individuals
"scaphopod sp. A"
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"other pelecypods"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterineidae indet. Miller 1877
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"pterineid"
Bivalvia - Pectinida
Pectinida indet. (Gray 1854)
Watkins 1973 7 individuals
"pectinacean"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
? Etheripecten informal planoconvexa Watkins MS
Watkins 1973 3 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Streblopteria informal californica Watkins MS
Watkins 1973 17 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten cf. ohioensis Newell 1938
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus informal sp. A King 1844
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculanida
Nuculanoidea indet. Adams and Adams 1858
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"nuculanacean"
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia sp. (Tschernyschev 1943)
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus sp. Tschernyschev 1943
Watkins 1973 8 individuals
Gastropoda
Pleurotomarioidea indet. (Swainson 1840)
Watkins 1973 5 individuals
"pleuritomariacean sp.A"
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida
Bellerophontida indet. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Watkins 1973 4 individuals
"bellerophontacean"
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Neilsonia sp. Thomas 1940
Watkins 1973 3 individuals
unclassified
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
Watkins 1973 1 individual
invalid subgroup of Pancrustacea
"crustacean"
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin bairdensis (Wheeler 1937)
Watkins 1973 26 individuals
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:Baird
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Thin-bedded siltstones.
Environment:shoreface
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:143609
Authorizer:N. Bonuso, J. Marcot Enterer:P. Monarrez, J. Marcot
Created:2013-04-25 08:56:56 Last modified:2013-04-24 17:56:56
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-25 08:56:56
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]