D-5729 - South-facing roadcut: Late/Upper Mississippian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin bairdensis (Wheeler 1937)
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes californicus Watkins 1974
1 individual
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Fluctuaria sp.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Stenoscismatoidea indet. Oehlert 1887
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"stenoscismatacean"
Bivalvia - Nuculanida
? Nuculanoidea indet. Adams and Adams 1858
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"nuculanacea (?)"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia informal sp. B King 1848
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Kabyaipecten informal leisingi Watkins MS
Watkins 1973 11 individuals
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida
Modiomorphoidea indet. (Miller 1877)
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"modiomorphacean"
Gastropoda
? Pleurotomarioidea indet. (Swainson 1840)
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"pleuritomariacea(?) sp. B"
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Trepospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Watkins 1973 10 individuals
Cephalopoda
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"nautiloid cephalopod sp. B"
unclassified
Crinozoa indet. Matsumoto 1929
Watkins 1973 1 individual
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:Late/Upper Mississippian
Stage:Serpukhovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Mississippian
Age range of interval:326.40000 - 318.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Baird
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified silty mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Black stilty mudstone.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: Black stilty mudstone which may represent deposition in very deep water or high stress chemical conditions.
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:143610
Authorizer:N. Bonuso, J. Marcot Enterer:P. Monarrez, J. Marcot
Created:2013-04-25 09:06:49 Last modified:2013-04-24 18:06:49
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-25 09:06:49
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]