Where: Baja, Mexico (27.3° N, 112.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 111.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Infierno Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone and sandstone
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Primary reference: S. A. Quiroz-Barroso and M.C. Perrilliat. 1989. Pectinidos del Plioceno del area de Santa Rosalia, Baja California sur. Paleontologia Mexicana (53)1-79 [S. Peters/S. Peters]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 66173: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 03.10.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nodipecten subnodosus, "Oppenheimopecten vogdesi" = Euvola vogdesi, Argopecten mendenhalli, Argopecten cf. cristobalensis, Argopecten abietis, Argopecten ventricosus, Leopecten bakeri, Patinopecten santarosaliensis n. sp.
Nodipecten subnodosus Sowerby 1836 scallop
"Oppenheimopecten vogdesi" = Euvola vogdesi Arnold 1906 scallop
Argopecten mendenhalli Arnold 1906 calico scallop
Argopecten cf. cristobalensis Hertlein 1925 calico scallop
Argopecten abietis Jordan and Hertlein 1926 calico scallop
Argopecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842 calico scallop
Leopecten bakeri Hanna and Hertlein 1927 scallop
Patinopecten santarosaliensis n. sp. scallop |