L.S.J.U. Loc. 48, Scammon Lagoon: Pliocene, Mexico
collected by Hake

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Dendraster pentagonalis Israelsky 1923
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea megodon Hanley 1846
recombined as Undulostrea megodon
Ostrea vespertina Conrad 1855
recombined as Dendostrea vespertina
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ostrea tayloriana Gabb 1866
    = Ostrea erici Hertlein 1929
Squires 2018
recombined as Pycnodonte erici
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Pecten) lecontei Arnold 1906
Pecten (Patinopecten) cf. coosensis (Shumard 1858)
original and current combination Pecten coosensis
Pecten (Plagioctenium) cristobalensis Hertlein 1925
recombined as Argopecten cristobalensis
Pecten (Plagioctenium) circularis (Sowerby 1835)
synonym of Argopecten ventricosus
Pecten (Aequipecten) percarus Hertlein 1925
recombined as Argopecten percarus
Pecten (Pecten) bellus (Conrad 1856)
recombined as Euvola bella
Pecten (Patinopecten) dilleri (Dall 1901)
recombined as Lituyapecten dilleri
Pecten (Leptopecten) bellilamellatus Arnold 1906
synonym of Leptopecten latiauratus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus aff. regularis Sowerby 1841
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Baja California
Coordinates: 27.3° North, 114.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.1° North, 113.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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 an unknown lithostratigraphic unit, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within strata.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:CAS
Collectors:Hake
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: B.F. Hake. REPOSITORY: L.S.J.U. (presumably now at C.A.S.)
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identification.
Metadata
Database number:97129
Authorizer:A. Hendy, J. Marcot Enterer:A. Hendy, J. Marcot
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-18 11:08:06 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-18 11:08:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33145. E. K. Jordan and L. G. Hertlein. 1926. Expedition to the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, in 1925, VII. Contribution to the geology and paleontology of the Tertiary of Cedros Island and adjacent parts of Lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 15(14):409-464 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

70556 R. L. Squires. 2018. Paleocene and Eocene oysters from the West Coast of the United States: Revision of named species and recognition of new species. Contributions in Science 526:1-29 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]