CIT loc. 1266, Little Cow Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 10752; UCLA loc. 4419; LACMIP loc. 24419

Where: Shasta County, California (40.6° N, 122.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 85.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bear Creek Sandstone Member (Redding Formation), Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• Melton Sandstone Member (=Bear Creek Sandstone of Haggart 1986)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by W. P. Popenoe; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: D. L. Jones, W. V. Sliter, and W. P. Popenoe. 1978. Mid-Cretaceous (Albian to Turonian) biostratigraphy of northern California. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice 4:1-13 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222119: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 09.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
"Acteonella oviformis" = Actaeonella oviformis
"Acteonella oviformis" = Actaeonella oviformis Gabb 1869 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
"? Oonia californica" = Paosia californica
"? Oonia californica" = Paosia californica Gabb 1864 snail
misspelled as "Conia californica"
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Gyrodes conradiana" = Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana
"Gyrodes conradiana" = Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Arrhoges californicus" = Latiala californica, Gymnarus manubriatus
"Arrhoges californicus" = Latiala californica Gabb 1864 snail
Gymnarus manubriatus Gabb 1864 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Rostellinda dilleri" = Carota dilleri
"Rostellinda dilleri" = Carota dilleri White 1889 volute
misspelled as "Rostillinda diller"
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Subprionocyclus neptuni1 Geinitz 1849 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea gravida" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida
"Cucullaea gravida" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida Gabb 1864 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea malleiformis Gabb 1864 oyster
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus aff. teshioensis1 Nagao and Matsumoto 1939 clam
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Meekia lirata2 Saul and Popenoe 1962 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Pteroluter othnius Saul 1973 clam