UCLA loc. 2983, Mitchell Creek area: Late Barremian, California
collected by M. A. Murphy 1951 - 1953

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Ancyloceras elephas Anderson 1938
Murphy 1975
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Barremites sp. Kilian 1915
Murphy 1975
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae
Pseudocrioceras stentor Anderson 1938
Cephalopoda - Megacrioceratidae
Shasticrioceras poniente Anderson 1938
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Acroteuthis winslowensis Anderson 1938
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Shasta
Coordinates: 40.4° North, 122.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.7° North, 72.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 2
Key time interval: Late Barremian Ammonoid zone:  Shasticrioceras poniente
Age range of interval: 125.77 - 121.4 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Budden Canyon Member:Chickabilly
Stratigraphy comments: Lower Chickabilly Member of the Budden Canyon Formation
stages based on Fernando, et al., 2011
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:LACM
Collectors:M. A. Murphy Collection dates:summers 1951 - 1953
Metadata
Also known as:LACMIP loc. 22983
Database number:216304
Authorizer:J. Marcot Enterer:J. Marcot
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-12-10 13:53:54 Last modified:2020-12-10 13:53:54
Access level:the public Released:2020-12-10 13:53:54
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:

74664 M. A. Murphy. 1975. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the lower Chickabilly Mudstone (Barremian - Aptian) in the Ono Quadrangle, Northern California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 113:1-54 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]