USGS loc. 14421, Santa Rosa Hills: Early/Lower Mississippian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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| "brachiopods" | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Productidae indet.
Gray 1840
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| "Productid, genus and species indet." | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena analoga
(Phillips 1836)
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| recombined as Leptagonia analoga | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella cf. oweni
(L'Eveille 1835)
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| recombined as Rhipidomella michelini | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria sp.
King 1850
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer informal sp. A
Sowerby 1818
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Tetracameridae
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? Tetracamera sp.
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
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Stauriida indet.
Verrill 1865
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| "The -two larger- corals show indications of dissepiments and are probably either caninoids or clisiophyllids." | ||||||||||
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Stereolasmatina indet.
Hill 1981
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| "The smaller forms appear to be zaphrentoids." | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Inyo |
| Coordinates: | 36.4° North, 117.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.1° South, 54.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Tournaisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Mississippian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 346.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tin Mountain |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray "limestone" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | carbonate indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 226254 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-06-28 13:32:05 | Last modified: | 2022-06-28 13:32:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-06-28 13:32:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 82026. | W. E. Hall and E. M. MacKevett, Jr. 1962. Geology and ore deposits of the Darwin quadrangle, Inyo County, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 368:1-87 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |