Hosselkus Limestone
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The Hosselkus Limestone is an Upper Triassic fossiliferous marine micritic limestone formation that outcrops in Plumas and Shasta Counties, California.[1]
Paleofauna
Color key
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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
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 270
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "4: The Marine Reptiles; Triassic Ichthyosaurs; Shastasauria," in Hilton (2003) p. 88.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "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
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 270-271
References
- Hilton, Richard P. 2003. Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 318 pp.
