CAS loc. 1345, Texas Springs, on road leading to Centerville: Albian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnopseidae
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Neohibolites fontinalis
Anderson 1938
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phylloceras ramosum
(Meek 1857)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Gaudryceras alamedense
(Smith 1889)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Desmoceras selwynianum
(Whiteaves 1879)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Kossmaticeratidae
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Puzosia (Parapuzosia) onona
(Anderson 1938)
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| Plate 13, fig. 4 | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Trajanella acuminata n. sp.
Anderson 1958
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea fontana n. sp.
Anderson 1958
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| Plate 21, fig. 15, 16 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Cyprina denmanensis
Whiteaves 1903
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| as "Cyprina” denmanensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Thyasiridae
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Thyasira cretacea
(Whiteaves 1873)
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia packardi n. sp.
Anderson 1958
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Shasta |
| Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 122.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° North, 77.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | Ammonoid zone: | Leymeriella tardefurcata |
| Age range of interval: | 113 - 100.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Budden Canyon | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: uppermost lower Albian. (PJW: the Leymeriella tardefurcata is the uppermost one in the lower Albian, so I have included that.) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176021 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner, J. Marcot | Enterer: | P. Wagner, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-01-22 17:02:55 | Last modified: | 2024-04-01 16:08:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-01-22 17:02:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11610. | F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 57733 | L. T. Groves. 1990. New Species of Late Cretaceous Cypraeacea (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from California and Mississippi, and a Review of Cretaceous Cypraeaceans of North America. The Veliger 33(3):272-285 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |