Where: Mexico (31.3° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 116.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Sandstone lying unconformably upon gently dipping sandstone of the Rossario Fm (Late Cretaceous), overlain 2-4 ft of pebble and boulder conglomertae, by 6-8 ft of alluvium and soil. THICKNESS: 6-12 inches. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: At base of unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone and lithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: W.K. Emerson (1953). REPOSITORY: University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Primary reference: W. O. Addicott and W. K. Emerson. 1959. Late Pleistocene Invertebrates from Punta Cabras, Baja California, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 1925:1-33 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67644: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.11.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824 slipper shell | |
"Polinices cf. recluzianus" = Glossaulax reclusiana, Polinices ? lewisi
"Polinices cf. recluzianus" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
Polinices ? lewisi moon snail | |
"Acanthina spirata" = Acanthinucella spirata, "Acanthina lugubris" = Mexacanthina lugubris
"Acanthina spirata" = Acanthinucella spirata Blainville 1832 murex snail
"Acanthina lugubris" = Mexacanthina lugubris Sowerby I 1822 murex snail | |
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata, "Olivella pedroana" = Callianax pedroana
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail
"Olivella pedroana" = Callianax pedroana Conrad 1855 olive snail | |
Amphissa versicolor Dall 1871 snail | |
"Kelletia kelleti" = Kelletia kelletii
"Kelletia kelleti" = Kelletia kelletii Forbes 1852 true whelk | |
Nassarius perpingus snail
"Nassarius delosi" = Caesia delosi Woodring 1946 snail
"Nassarius fossatus" = Caesia fossatus Gould 1849 snail | |
"Terebra pedroana" = Neoterebra pedroana
"Terebra pedroana" = Neoterebra pedroana Dall 1908 auger snail | |
"Cymatosyrinx hemphilli" = Globidrillia hemphilli
"Cymatosyrinx hemphilli" = Globidrillia hemphilli Stearns 1873 turrid | |
"Pusula californianus" = Pusula (Pusula) californiana
"Pusula californianus" = Pusula (Pusula) californiana Gray 1828 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam | |
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii
"Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea Conrad 1837 venus clam | |
Zirfaea pilsbryi Lowe 1931 clam |