USGS 2446 Cedar Creek (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Shasta County, California (40.8° N, 122.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 23.3° N, 43.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hosselkus Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• probably Hosselkus Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: P. R. Hoover. 1991. Late Triassic cyrtinoid spiriferinacean brachiopods from western North America and their biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications. Bulletins of American Paleontology 100(337):63-109 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101158: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae