UCMP loc. D-5730 - South-facing roadcut along Fenders Ferry Road: Bashkirian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Eostaffellidae
Millerella marblensis Thompson 1942
Stevens et al. 2012
Pseudostaffellidae
Pseudostaffella sp. Thompson 1942
Stevens et al. 2012
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
? Bothrophyllum sp. Trautschold 1879
Stevens et al. 2012
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Watkins 1973 13 individuals
"other brachiopods"
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes californicus Watkins 1974
15 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia informal sp. B Fredericks 1928
2 individuals
Lissomarginifera shastensis Watkins 1974
7 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Ovatia sp.
1 individual
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Fluctuaria sp.
3 individuals
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella informal sp. A Girty 1904
3 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia nawtawaketensis Watkins 1974
16 individuals
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida
Rhabdomesida indet. Vine 1883
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"rhabdomesid"
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladiidae indet. Zittel 1880
Watkins 1973 5 individuals
"acanthocladiid"
Fenestellida
Fenestellida indet.
Watkins 1973 40 individuals
Includes "fenestellid type 1" and "fenestellid type 2"
Bivalvia - Pectinida
Pectinida indet. (Gray 1854)
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"pectinacean"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria informal californica Watkins MS
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
? Etheripecten informal planoconvexa Watkins MS
Watkins 1973 4 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten cf. ohioensis Newell 1938
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
? Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Watkins 1973 1 individual
unclassified
Blastozoa indet. Sprinkle 1973
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"crinozoa spp."
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Shasta
Coordinates: 41.0° North, 122.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.8° North, 47.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Early/Lower Pennsylvanian
Stage:Bashkirian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:Bashkirian
Age range of interval:323.20000 - 315.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Baird
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Stevens et al., 2012: "The limestone at this locality was indicated to be Late Mississippian in age by Watkins (1973, p. 1751) but the presence of Millerella marblensis Thompson, 1944 (Fig. 1.5) in our sample shows that it is Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous). Another sample contains Pseudostaffella suggesting an early Atokan (Bashkirian) age."
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:143611
Authorizer:N. Bonuso, J. Marcot Enterer:P. Monarrez, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Marcot
Created:2013-04-25 09:33:27 Last modified:2023-03-23 14:25:06
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-25 09:33:27
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:

84180 C. H. Stevens, J. Fedorowski, and T. Kawamura. 2012. New unusual skeletal structure in an upper Carboniferous rugose coral, Klamath Mountains, northern California. Journal of Paleontology 86(1):120-125 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
17057 R. Watkins. 1973. Carboniferous Faunal Associations and Stratigraphy, Shasta County, Northern California. AAPG Bulletin 57(9):1743-1764 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]