UCMP loc. D-5746, Small topographic high: Late/Upper Mississippian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
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Scaphopoda indet.
Bronn 1862
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Watkins 1973 | 5 individuals | ||||||||
| "scaphopod sp. A" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Euomphalus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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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 | 24 individuals | ||||||||
| "pseudozygopleurid" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Murchisoniidae
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Murchisoniidae indet.
Koken 1896
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Watkins 1973 | 4 individuals | ||||||||
| "murchisoniid" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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? Nuculopsis sp.
Girty 1912
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Watkins 1973 | 27 individuals | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Modiomorphida
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Modiomorphoidea indet.
(Miller 1877)
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Watkins 1973 | 3 individuals | ||||||||
| "modiomorphacean" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astartella sp.
Hall 1858
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Watkins 1973 | 8 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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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Myalinidae
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Myalina sp.
de Koninck 1842
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Watkins 1973 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limipectinidae
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Acanthopecten sp.
Girty 1903
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Watkins 1973 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Heteropectinidae
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? Etheripecten informal planoconvexa Watkins MS
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Watkins 1973 | 4 individuals | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Streblochondriidae
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Streblopteria informal californica Watkins MS
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Watkins 1973 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Streblochondria sp.
Newell 1938
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Watkins 1973 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Parallelodon sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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Watkins 1973 | 44 individuals | ||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
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Stenoscismatoidea indet.
Oehlert 1887
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Watkins 1973 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| "stenoscisnatacean sp. A" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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? Spirifer sp.
Sowerby 1818
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8 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella sp.
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria cf. compacta
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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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9 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Lissomarginifera shastensis
Watkins 1974
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Fluctuaria sp.
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Strophalosiidae
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Strophalosiidae indet.
Schuchert 1913
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42 individuals | |||||||||
| "strophalosiid sp. B" | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Schuchertella informal sp. A
Girty 1904
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18 individuals | |||||||||
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Fenestellida
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Fenestellida indet.
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Watkins 1973 | 52 individuals | ||||||||
| includes "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 | 24 individuals | ||||||||
| "rhabdomesid" | ||||||||||
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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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Scyphozoa
- Conulariida
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Conulariida indet.
Miller and Gurley 1896
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Watkins 1973 | 6 individuals | ||||||||
| "conularid" | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lithostrotionidae
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Lithostrotion aff. pauciradiale
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Watkins 1973 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Auloporida
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Auloporida indet.
Sokolov 1947
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Watkins 1973 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Shasta |
| Coordinates: | 40.8° North, 122.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.1° North, 48.5° 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 cherty/siliceous "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Thick-bedded silicified limestone. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | USGS loc. 14983-PC | ||
| Database number: | 143625 | ||
| Authorizer: | N. Bonuso, J. Marcot | Enterer: | P. Monarrez, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | ||
| Created: | 2013-04-25 11:04:15 | Last modified: | 2023-03-22 16:16:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-25 11:04:15 |
| 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] |