D-5736 - North-facing roadcut: Pennsylvanian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Blastozoa indet.
Sprinkle 1973
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Watkins 1973 | 4 individuals | ||||||||
| "crinozoa spp." | ||||||||||
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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Watkins 1973 | 5 individuals | ||||||||
| "other brachiopods" | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Dictyoclostidae indet.
Stehli 1954
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8 individuals | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Dictyoclostinae | ||||||||||
| "dictyoclostid sp. A" | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Fluctuaria sp.
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Schuchertella informal sp. A
Girty 1904
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Rugosochonetes californicus
Watkins 1974
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203 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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? Septospirifer sp.
Waterhouse 1971
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15 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Neoretziidae
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Hustedia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Orthotichia nawtawaketensis
Watkins 1974
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella sp.
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Fenestellida
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Fenestellida indet.
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Watkins 1973 | 14 individuals | ||||||||
| includes "fenestellid type 1" and "fenestellid type 2" and "fenestellid type 3" | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Rhabdomesida
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Rhabdomesida indet.
Vine 1883
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Watkins 1973 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| "rhabdomesid" | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Acanthocladiidae
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Acanthocladiidae indet.
Zittel 1880
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Watkins 1973 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| "acanthocladiid" | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
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Nautiloidea indet.
Agassiz 1847
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Watkins 1973 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| "nautiloid cephalopod sp.A" | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
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Scaphopoda indet.
Bronn 1862
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Watkins 1973 | 12 individuals | ||||||||
| "scaphopod sp. B" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Neritopsidae
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Neritopsidae indet.
Gray 1847
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Watkins 1973 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| "neritopsid" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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? Euphemitopsis sp.
Yochelson 1960
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Watkins 1973 | 8 individuals | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Murchisoniidae
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Murchisoniidae indet.
Koken 1896
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Watkins 1973 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| "murchisoniid" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Straparollus sp.
de Montfort 1810
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Watkins 1973 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudozygopleuridae
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Pseudozygopleuridae indet.
(Knight 1930)
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Watkins 1973 | 6 individuals | ||||||||
| "pseudozygopleurid" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Watkins 1973 | 5 individuals | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Polidevciidae
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Phestia sp.
Chernyshev 1951
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Watkins 1973 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Myalinidae
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Myalina sp.
de Koninck 1842
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Watkins 1973 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limipectinidae
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Limipecten sp.
Girty 1903
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Watkins 1973 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Pernopecten cf. ohioensis
Newell 1938
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Watkins 1973 | 3 individuals | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
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Pterioidea indet.
Gray 1847
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Watkins 1973 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| "pteriacean" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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Watkins 1973 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astartella sp.
Hall 1858
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Watkins 1973 | 27 individuals | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Schizodidae
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? Schizodus informal sp. B
King 1844
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Watkins 1973 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Phillipsiidae
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Paladin bairdensis
(Wheeler 1937)
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Watkins 1973 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Foraminifera
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Foraminifera indet.
(Eichwald 1830)
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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: | 9.1° North, 46.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pennsylvanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 323.20000 - 298.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Baird |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive lithified siltstone |
| Lithology description: Massive tuffaceous siltstone. | |
| Environment: | shoreface |
| Geology comments: Shells occur among abundant shell fragments, are oriented parallel to bedding, and may be concentrated on discrete bedding planes, indicating a high depositional energy | |
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: | 143614 | ||
| Authorizer: | N. Bonuso, J. Marcot | Enterer: | P. Monarrez, J. Marcot |
| Created: | 2013-04-25 09:58:35 | Last modified: | 2013-04-24 18:58:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-25 09:58:35 |
| 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] |