Hinchman Ravine, Curtice Cliff: Callovian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Zeilleriidae
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Ornithella gemina n. sp.
Crickmay 1933
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Ornithella curticensis n. sp.
Crickmay 1933
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Norellidae
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Gnathorhynchia perplicata n. sp.
Crickmay 1933
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchonellidae
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Ptilorhynchia plumasensis n. gen., n. sp.
Crickmay 1933
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochus hinchmanensis n. sp.
Crickmay 1933
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Crickmay 1933 | |||||||||
| "100 yards southeast of Curtice Cliff" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California |
| Coordinates: | 40.1° North, 120.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.9° North, 62.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 3900 feet | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Hinchman | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The "coral zone" cited by the author is part of the Hinchman sandstone which has been revised to the Hinchman Formation. (Callovian) according to Imlay in "Jurassic paleobiogeography of the conterminous United States in its continental setting". | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,tuffaceous lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: coarse tuffaceous sandstone according to Diller (USGS Bulletin 353) | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | GSC |
Metadata
| Database number: | 164637 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham, J. Marcot | Enterer: | M. Manojlovic, J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-12-08 21:28:14 | Last modified: | 2014-12-08 21:28:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-12-08 21:28:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53761. | C. H. Crickmay. 1933. Attempt to Zone the North American Jurassic on the Basis of its Brachiopods. Geological Society America Bulletin 44:871-894 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic] |
Secondary references:
| 78785 | C. H. Crickmay. 1933. Mount Jura Investigation. Geological Society America Bulletin 44:895-926 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |