S.U. 445, Old Bass Ranch, Bayha Creek: Asselian, California
collected 1862

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Productus semireticulatus (Martin 1809)
Smith 1894
recombined as Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Spirifer lineatus (Martin 1809)
Smith 1894
recombined as Reticularia lineata
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Retziidae
Retzia compressa Meek 1864
Smith 1894
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferina cf. cristata (von Schlotheim 1816)
Smith 1894
recombined as Spiriferellina cristata
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
Smith 1894
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Orthis cf. carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
Smith 1894
recombined as Rhipidomella carbonaria
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Euomphalus (Omphalotrochus) whitneyi n. sp. Meek 1864
recombined as Omphalotrochus whitneyi
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Clisiophyllum gabbi Meek 1864
Smith 1894
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Durhaminidae
Lithostrotion sublaeve Meek 1864
Smith 1894
recombined as Durhamina sublaeve
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion sp. Fleming 1828
Smith 1894
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kleopatrinidae
Lithostrotion californiense Meek 1864
Smith 1894
recombined as Paraheritschioides californiense
Schwagerinidae
Fusulina (Schwagerina) robusta Meek 1864
Smith 1894
recombined as Pseudoschwagerina robusta
Fusulinidae
Fusulina cylindrica Fischer 1837
Smith 1894
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Shasta
Coordinates: 40.7° North, 122.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.0° North, 43.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Cisuralian
Stage:Asselian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 1
Key time interval:Asselian
Age range of interval:298.90000 - 293.52000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:McCloud
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Basal McCloud Limestone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1862
Metadata
Database number:121467
Authorizer:M. Clapham, A. Dunhill Enterer:M. Clapham, B. Allen
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-12-04 05:07:12 Last modified:2023-03-31 15:58:29
Access level:the public Released:2011-12-04 05:07:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

16187. F. B. Meek. 1864. Section 1. Description of the Carboniferous fossils. Palaeontology of California 1:3-16 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

74055 J. P. Smith. 1894. The Metamorphic Series of Shasta County, California. Journal of Geology 2(6):588-612 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
11481 E. L. Yochelson. 1956. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 1. Euomphalacea, Trochonematacea, Pesudophoracea, Anomphalacea, Craspedostomatacea, and Platyceratacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 110(3):173-276 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]