CIT loc. 79, Silverado Canyon, Santa Ana Mountains (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 8185

Where: Orange County, California (33.8° N, 117.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 81.4° W)

When: Ladd Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• Ladd Formation, Holz-Baker Canyon transition. Turonian.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. N. Moore in 1927; reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: W. P. Popenoe. 1942. Upper Cretaceous formations and faunas of southern California. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 26(2):162-187 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221082: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 03.07.2021, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Argentiniformes - Microstomatidae
Bathylagus angelensis1 Jordan and Gilbert 1919
Bivalvia
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha hardingensis Packard 1922 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Tenea inflata Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Aphrodina arata" = Callistalox arata
"Aphrodina arata" = Callistalox arata Gabb 1864 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula traskii" = Caryocorbula traskii
"Corbula traskii" = Caryocorbula traskii Gabb 1864 clam
misspelled as "Corbula traski"
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella gamma Popenoe 1937 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Parallelodon brewerianus" = Nanonavis breweriana
"Parallelodon brewerianus" = Nanonavis breweriana Gabb 1864 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura (Helicaulax) tricosa3 Saul and Popenoe 1993 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina pseudoalveata Packard 1922 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Subprionocyclus cf. neptuni2 Geinitz 1849 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites fairbanksi Anderson 1902 ammonite
Sciponoceras aff. bohemicum2 Fritsch 1872 ammonite