Loc. 2 - Mitchell Creek, Ono area: Late Aptian, California
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Shasta |
| Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 122.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.8° North, 73.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.5 - 113 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Budden Canyon | Member: | Huling Sandstone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The lower part of the Huling Sandstone Member is correlated with the Upper Aptian by the occurrences of ammonoids such as Gabbioceras wintunius and Tropeum percostatum (Murphy, 1956; Murphy et al., 1969). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified conglomerate |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Focus on Neithea specimens. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 115301 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-08-31 22:51:17 | Last modified: | 2011-08-31 09:17:08 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2016-08-31 22:51:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37341. | Y. Iba, S. Sano, and K. Tanabe. 2011. A Tethyan bivalve, Neithea (Cretaceous pectinid) from northern California, and its biogeographic implications. Paleontological Research 15(2):79-84 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg] |