USGS loc. 17663, Santa Rosa Hills: Early/Lower Mississippian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Lithostrotionidae
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Lithostrotion sp.
Fleming 1828
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| "phaceloid type" | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
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Cyathophyllina indet.
Nicholson 1889
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| "Zaphrentoid horn corals, small, indet." | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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? Composita sp.
Brown 1849
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| "Crinoid columnals" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Inyo |
| Coordinates: | 36.5° North, 117.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.0° South, 54.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Tournaisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Mississippian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 346.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tin Mountain |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray "limestone" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | carbonate indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 226255 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-06-28 13:41:17 | Last modified: | 2022-06-28 13:41:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-06-28 13:41:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 82026. | W. E. Hall and E. M. MacKevett, Jr. 1962. Geology and ore deposits of the Darwin quadrangle, Inyo County, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 368:1-87 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |