CIT loc. 454, Silverado Canyon, Santa Ana Mountains (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as LACMIP loc. 10873

Where: Orange County, California (33.7° N, 117.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.2° N, 75.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holz Shale Member (Ladd Formation), Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• Ladd Formation, lower Holz Shale Member. Turonian.

•Late Turonian after Saul 1998

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. N. Moore in August, 1929; 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 220931: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 26.06.2021

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Muniericeratidae
? Tragodesmoceras aff. ashlandicum2 Anderson 1902 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscidae indet.1 Spath 1922 ammonite
"pachydiscid ammonite"
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras sp.1 Hyatt 1894
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
"Cylichnina cf. costata" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus
"Cylichnina cf. costata" = Scaphander (Mirascapha) costatus Gabb 1864 snail
 Opisthobranchiata - Scaphandridae
? Ellipsoscapha sp.1 Stephenson 1941 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Carota dilleri1 White 1889 volute
Varens formosus1 Saul and Popenoe 1993 volute
 Neogastropoda - Sarganidae
Praesargana confraga1 Saul 1996 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura (Helicaulax) tricosa1 Saul and Popenoe 1993 snail
Aporrhais sp.1 da Costa 1778 snail
Latiala nodosa1 Packard 1922 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina pseudoalveata Packard 1922 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Biplica cf. isoplicata1 Popenoe 1957 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna calamitoides Shumard 1858 oyster
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea gravida" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida
"Cucullaea gravida" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) gravida Gabb 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria moorei Popenoe 1937 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula traskii" = Caryocorbula traskii
"Corbula traskii" = Caryocorbula traskii Gabb 1864 clam
misspelled as "Corbula traski"