LSJU loc. 23145, Cerro Gordo Spring Trail: Arnsbergian, California
collected by Kirk; C. W. Merriam;
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
| "Land plants (abundant, fragmentary ; one well-preserved fernlike type)" | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Hapsiphyllidae
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Triplophyllites informal sp. A
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Productus informal n. sp., cf. P. semistriatus
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Dictyoclostus sp.
Muir-Wood 1930
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
| "Dictyoclostus cf. D. burlingtonensis (Hall) or cf. D. fernglenensis (Weller)" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer sp.
Sowerby 1818
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
| "Spirifer cf. S. brazerianus Girty or cf. S. grimes Hall" | ||||||||||
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Spirifer cf. pellaensis
Weller 1914
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pterineidae
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Caneyella informal n. sp., cf. C. richardsoni
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
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Caneyella wapanuckensis
Girty 1909
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
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Goniatitida indet.
Hyatt 1884
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
| "Small goniatite with narrow venter; genus indeterminate" | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Glaphyritidae
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Cravenoceras cf. richardsonianum
(Girty 1909)
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
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Cravenoceras cf. nevadense
Miller and Furnish 1940
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Cravenoceratidae
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Cravenoceratoides cf. nititoides
(Bisat 1932)
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Cephalopoda
- Goniatitida
- Girtyoceratidae
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Eumorphoceras bisulcatum
Girty 1909
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| USGS locs. 23145, 10403-PC, 15334-PC, and 15335-PC | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
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Nautilida indet.
Agassiz 1847
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
| "?Nautilus sp. (large form. possibly a Liroceras)" | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Bactritida
- Bactritidae
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? Bactrites cf. carbonarius
Smith 1903
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Cephalopoda
- Orthocerida
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Orthocerida indet.
Kuhn 1940
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| as Orthoceracone indet. | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Merriam 1963 | |||||||||
| "Shark teeth (coarsely serrated edge, 3/4 in. long)" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Inyo |
| Coordinates: | 36.6° North, 117.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.0° North, 47.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Serpukhovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Arnsbergian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 327.4 - 324 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rest Spring | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: originally indicated as "White Pine Shale (Chainman Shale)" Late Arnsbergian age from Titus 2000 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous,black,gray metamorphosed "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "grayish-black slightly altered shale" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | CAS,USGS |
| Collectors: | Kirk; C. W. Merriam; |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Cerro Gordo Pipeline Trail; USGS loc. 10403-PC; USGS loc. 15336-PC; USGS loc. 15335-PC; Locality 22 of Merriam 1963 | ||
| Database number: | 220592 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-06-10 12:38:44 | Last modified: | 2022-07-07 17:33:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-06-10 12:38:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70706. | M. Gordon, Jr. 1964. California Carboniferous cephalopods. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 483-A:A1-A27 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 82093 | C. W. Merriam. 1963. Geology of the Cerro Gordo mining district, Inyo County, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 408:1-83 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |