UCLA loc. 3086, Alderson Creek: Late Aptian, California
collected by M. A. Murphy 1951 - 1953
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phylloceras californicum
Anderson 1938
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Lytoceratidae
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Lytoceras batesi
(Trask 1855)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Shasta |
| Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 122.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.8° North, 73.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Aptian | Ammonoid zone: | Gabbioceras wintunium |
| Age range of interval: | 119.5 - 113 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Budden Canyon | Member: | Chickabilly | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper 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. 23086 | ||
| Database number: | 216334 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-12-10 15:19:21 | Last modified: | 2020-12-10 15:19:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-12-10 15:19:21 |
| 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] |