User:Abyssal/Hosselkus Limestone
| Hosselkus Limestone | |
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The Hosselkus Limestone is an Upper Jurassic fossiliferous marine micritic limestone formation that outcrops in Plumas and Shasta Counties, California. [1]
Paleofauna
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
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M. zitteli[2] |
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N. halius[4] |
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S. alexandrae[6] |
Now referred to S. pacificus.[7] | |||||
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S. altispinus[6] |
Now referred to S. pacificus.[7] | |||||
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S. careyi[7] |
Remains formerly attributed to S. careyi are now thought to be from an indeterminate species of Shonisaurus.[8] | |||||
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S. osmonti[6] |
Now referred to S. pacificus.[7] | |||||
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S. pacificus[6] |
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Indeterminate.[8] |
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T. alexandrae[2] |
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T. perrini[2] |
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T. shastensis[2] |
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T. californicus[6] |
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T. perrini[9] |
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Footnotes
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- ^ Paula Noble; Paul Renne (March 1990). "Paleoenvironmental and biostratigraphic significance of siliceous microfossils of the Permo-Triassic Redding Section, Eastern Klamath Mountains, California". Marine Micropaleontology. 15 (3–4).
- ^ a b c d e f "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 267
- ^ "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) pp. 265-267
- ^ "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) pp. 266-267
- ^ "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) pp. 267-270
- ^ a b c d e "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 270
- ^ a b c d "4: The Marine Reptiles; Triassic Ichthyosaurs; Shastasauria," in Hilton (2003) p. 88.
- ^ a b c "4: The Marine Reptiles; Triassic Ichthyosaurs; Shastasauria," in Hilton (2003) p. 88. Misspelled as "Shonosaurus" in "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," Hilton (2003) p. 270
- ^ a b "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 270-271
References
[edit]- Hilton, Richard P. 2003. Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 318 pp.
Category:Geology of California