LACMIP loc. 23896, Clear Creek area: Early Albian, California
collected by P. U. Rodda, M. A. Murphy, and W. P. Popenoe 1955
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya subelongata
Meek 1857
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Anderson 1958 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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| misspelled on p. 42 as "Crassatellites triangulata" | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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| Anderson 1958 | ||||||||||
| on p. 42 as "Metaplacenticeras transitionale," but correctly Hauericeras transitionale elsewhere (e.g., p. 219) | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Placenticeratidae
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| Anderson 1958 | ||||||||||
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Metaplacenticeras pacificum
(Smith 1900)
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Anderson 1958 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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| Anderson 1958 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Shasta |
| Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 122.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.8° North, 83.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early Albian | Ammonoid zone: | Brewericeras hulenense |
| Age range of interval: | 113.2 - 110.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Asuncion | Formation: | Budden Canyon | Member: | Chickabally |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Budden Canyon Formation, Chickabally Mudstone Member. Age: Late early Albian (Brewericeras hulenense ammonite zone). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Hard concretionary sandstone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data reported. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | LACM | ||
| Collectors: | P. U. Rodda, M. A. Murphy, and W. P. Popenoe | Collection dates: | August 1955 |
| Taxonomic list comments:Representative, but not exhaustive. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCLA loc. 3896 | ||
| Database number: | 44267 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-09-07 16:06:28 | Last modified: | 2025-04-30 18:43:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-09-07 16:06:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59063. | R. L. Squires. 2011. A new genus of Cretaceous margaritine gastropod (Turbinidae) from the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The Nautilus 125(3):137-149 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 11610 | F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham] |