LACMIP loc. 22896, North Folk Cottonwood Creek area: Hauterivian, California
collected by M. A. Murphy 1951-1953

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna pontica Anderson 1938
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula variata Gabb 1864
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamides diadema Gabb 1864
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras aulaeum Anderson 1938
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Shasta
Coordinates: 40.5° North, 122.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.3° North, 71.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Hauterivian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Hauterivian
Age range of interval:132.60000 - 125.77000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Budden Canyon Member:Ogo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:LACM
Collectors:M. A. Murphy Collection dates:1951-1953
Metadata
Also known as:UCLA loc. 2896
Database number:194156
Authorizer:P. Holroyd, J. Marcot Enterer:S. Tremblay, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-06-14 17:59:56 Last modified:2020-12-10 13:28:19
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-14 17:59:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

74711. M. A. Murphy. 1956. Lower Cretaceous stratigraphic units of Northern California. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 40(9):2098-2119 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

65883 R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 1997. Review of bivalve genus Plicatula from Cretaceous and Lower Cenozoic strata of California and Baja California. 71(2):287-298 [P. Holroyd/S. Tremblay]