Also known as Locality 14a
Where: Orange County, California (33.8° N, 117.7° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 39.1° N, 75.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holz Shale Member (Ladd Formation), Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
• from "about 1 m of strata"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; lithified siltstone and lithified shale
•the Holz Shale in general is "in a shallow marine setting, including prodelta, lagoonal and bay environments"
•apparently well lithified because strata were "broken" and "disarticulated" during collection
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
• "Bulk samples were collected... and brought back to the lab for disarticulation" but there was also "selective collecting, by breaking the strata at the site"
•collections apparently are at the California State University at Fullerton
Primary reference: F. A. Sundberg. 1980. Late Cretaceous paleoecology of the Holz Shale, Orange County, California. Journal of Paleontology 54(4):840-857 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80936: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.05.2008
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium whiteavesi Anderson and Hanna 1935 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
"Margaritella crenulata" = Solariella crenulata
"Margaritella crenulata" = Solariella crenulata Gabb 1864 snail | |
"Volutoderma jacksonensis" = Drilluta jacksonensis
"Volutoderma jacksonensis" = Drilluta jacksonensis Anderson 1958 snail | |
"Alaria nodosa" = Latiala nodosa
"Alaria nodosa" = Latiala nodosa Packard 1922 snail | |
"Cerithium alternata" = Cerithiopsis alternata
"Cerithium alternata" = Cerithiopsis alternata Gabb 1864 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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Limopsis silveradoensis Packard 1922 clam | |
Syncyclonema operculiformis Gabb 1864 scallop | |
Eriphyla lapidis Packard 1922 clam | |
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis
"Corbula parilis" = Caryocorbula parilis Gabb 1864 clam |