D-5737 - West-facing roadcut : Late/Upper Mississippian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera
Foraminifera indet. (Eichwald 1830)
Watkins 1973 20 individuals
"foraminifers spp."
unclassified
Blastozoa indet. Sprinkle 1973
Watkins 1973 19 individuals
"crinozoa spp."
Cephalopoda
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"nautiloid cephalopod sp.A"
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814
Watkins 1973 3 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Neilsonia sp. Thomas 1940
Watkins 1973 139 individuals
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Euconospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
? Wilkingia sp. Wilson 1959
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus informal sp. A Chavan 1954
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Limipecten sp. Girty 1903
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Annuliconchidae
Annuliconcha interlineata (Meek and Worthen 1860)
Watkins 1973 1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
? Etheripecten informal planoconvexa Watkins MS
Watkins 1973 5 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria informal californica Watkins MS
Watkins 1973 5 individuals
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pterineidae indet. Miller 1877
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"pterineid"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Watkins 1973 1 individual
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"other brachiopods"
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
5 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Stenoscismatoidea indet. Oehlert 1887
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"stenoscisnatacean sp. A"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Kitakamithyris sp.
Watkins 1973 4 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Verneuiliidae
Verneuiliidae indet. Schuchert 1929
Watkins 1973 3 individuals
"Verneuilia-like brachiopod"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida
Spiriferoidea indet. (King 1846)
Watkins 1973 2 individuals
"spiriferacean sp. A"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
? Unispirifer sp.
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
6 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
9 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida
Spiriferinida indet. Ivanova 1972
Watkins 1973 3 individuals
"spiriferinid sp. B"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Spinuliplica sp.
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
17 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria cf. compacta
2 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Rugosochonetes californicus Watkins 1974
21 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia informal sp. B Fredericks 1928
1 individual
Lissomarginifera shastensis Watkins 1974
9 individuals
Semicostella sp.
1 individual
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostidae indet. Stehli 1954
2 individuals
spelled with current rank as Dictyoclostinae
"dictyoclostid sp. B"
? Setigerites sp.
5 individuals
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Ovatia sp.
1 individual
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Fluctuaria sp.
4 individuals
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella informal sp. A Girty 1904
1 individual
Fenestellida
Fenestellida indet.
Watkins 1973 36 individuals
includes "fenestellid type 1" and "fenestellid type 2"
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Sulcoreteporidae indet. Bassler 1935
Watkins 1973 4 individuals
"sulcoreteporld type 1"
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Acanthocladiidae indet. Zittel 1880
Watkins 1973 40 individuals
"acanthocladiid"
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida
Rhabdomesida indet. Vine 1883
Watkins 1973 33 individuals
"rhabdomesid"
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Paladin bairdensis (Wheeler 1937)
Watkins 1973 23 individuals
Scyphozoa - Conulariida
Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896
Watkins 1973 1 individual
"conularid"
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Watkins 1973 9 individuals
"solitary tetracoral"
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
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
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:143615
Authorizer:N. Bonuso, J. Marcot Enterer:P. Monarrez, J. Marcot
Created:2013-04-25 10:06:21 Last modified:2013-04-24 19:06:21
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-25 10:06:21
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]