UCMP Loc. A-9713 - Punta Cabras: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Opalia wroblewskyi (Mörch 1876)
synonym of Opalia borealis
SUBSPECIES: O. wroblewskyiu chacei
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices ? lewisi
Polinices cf. reclusianus (Deshayes 1839)
    = Polinices cf. recluzianus Deshayes 1839
Hendy et al. 2008
recombined as Glossaulax reclusiana
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina scutulata Gould 1849
recombined as Littorina (Littorina) scutulata
Littorina planaxis Philippi 1847
replaced by Littorina (Neritrema) keenae
Gastropoda - Velutinidae
Lamellaria cf. diegoensis Dall 1885
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella pedroana (Conrad 1855)
recombined as Callianax pedroana
Olivella biplicata (Sowerby 1825)
recombined as Callianax biplicata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Kelletia kelleti (Forbes 1852)
recombined as Kelletia kelletii
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius perpingus
Nassarius delosi (Woodring 1946)
recombined as Caesia delosi
Nassarius fossatus (Gould 1849)
recombined as Caesia fossatus
Nassarius mendicus (Gould 1849)
recombined as Hima mendica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella tuberosa (Carpenter 1864)
Mitrella carinata (Hinds 1844)
recombined as Alia carinata
SUBSPECIES: M. carinata carinata, M. carinata gausapata
Amphissa versicolor Dall 1871
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Thais emarginata (Deshayes 1839)
Acanthina lugubris (Sowerby I 1822)
recombined as Mexacanthina lugubris
Acanthina spirata (Blainville 1832)
recombined as Acanthinucella spirata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatoma torsa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra pedroana Dall 1908
recombined as Neoterebra pedroana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus californicus Reeve 1844
recombined as Californiconus californicus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Clathrodrillia incisa (Carpenter 1863)
recombined as Ophiodermella incisa
SUBSPECIES: C. incisa ophioderma, C. incisa fancherae; MISSPELT: Clathrodrilla
Cymatosyrinx hemphilli (Stearns 1873)
recombined as Globidrillia hemphilli
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus 1767)
    = Antisabia panamensis Adams 1852
Hendy 2020
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Trimusculidae
Gadinia reticulata Sowerby 1835
recombined as Trimusculus reticulata
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Tegula funebralis (Adams 1855)
original and current combination Chlorostoma funebrale
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea scabra (Gould 1846)
original and current combination Patella (Lottia) scabra
Acmaea digitalis Eschscholtz 1833
recombined as Lottia digitalis
Acmaea pelta Eschscholtz 1833
recombined as Lottia pelta
Acmaea mitra Eschscholtz 1833
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana taphria (Dall 1896)
recombined as Saccella taphria
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Zirfaea pilsbryi Lowe 1931
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya californica (Conrad 1837)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Protothaca staminea (Conrad 1837)
recombined as Leukoma staminea
Petricola carditoides (Conrad 1837)
recombined as Petricola (Petricola) carditoides
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Schizothaerus nuttalli (Conrad 1837)
recombined as Tresus nuttallii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina bodegensis Hinds 1844
recombined as Megangulus bodegensis
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina nuttalli Conrad 1837
recombined as Lucinisca nuttalli
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus californianus Conrad 1837
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Leptopecten latiauratus (Conrad 1837)
SUBSPECIES: L. latiauratus monotimeris
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico
Coordinates: 31.3° North, 116.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.3° North, 116.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Sandstone containing reworked Rossario Fm (Cretaceous) near base, exposed as wave-cut platform. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal poorly lithified conglomeratic,calcareous sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Abundantly fossiliferous calcareous sandstone containing well-rounded cobbles and boulders. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on facies description and adjacent collection.
Environment:shoreface
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow water, nearshore environment, bordering an open, precipitous coast.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: W.K. Emerson (1953). REPOSITORY: University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, scaphopoda, polyplacophora, echinoidea, cirripedia, and bryozoans. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with occurrences assigned to species resolution by specialist.
Metadata
Database number:67643
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-11-30 02:45:48 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2007-05-30 02:45:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19272.1% 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]

Secondary references:

63217 A. J. W. Hendy. 2020. Unpublished taxonomic backbone for Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Communities of the Cenozoic (EPICC) Thematic Collections Network. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
19909 A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]