CAS Loc. 39995, San Felipe: Pliocene, Mexico
collected by Childers 1966

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster cf. carrizoensis Kew 1914
Clypeaster deserti Kew 1914
Clypeaster bowersi Weaver 1908
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Encope tenuis Kew 1914
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Agassizia scrobiciilata
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes 1839)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus ventricosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva spicata Durham 1950
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria princeps Sowerby 1825
recombined as Triplofusus princeps
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus gemmatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus cf. granulatus Swainson 1822
recombined as Persististrombus granulatus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Argopecten) cf. abietis (Jordan and Hertlein 1926)
recombined as Argopecten abietis
Chlamys (Chlamys) corteziana Durham 1950
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ostrea heermanni (Conrad 1855)
recombined as Pycnodonte heermanni
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara cf. multicostata (Sowerby 1833)
recombined as Larkinia multicostata
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Baja California
Coordinates: 31.0° North, 115.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.8° North, 113.8° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are unknown. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy; faunal compositional similarities with Imperial Fm of California. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in succession.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but probably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:CAS
Collectors:Childers Collection dates:1966
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: W.M. Childers, 1966. REPOSITORY: CAS.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, and with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:96587
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-06-13 12:36:12 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2010-06-13 12:36:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32783. L. G. Hertlein. 1968. Three late Cenozoic molluscan faunules from Baja California. with a note on diatomite from west of San Felipe. Proceedings of the the California Academy of Sciences 30(19):401-405 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]