Playa La Palmita, Mulege Fm, Boulder Substrate, north end of playa (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Where: Mexico (27.1° N, 112.0° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 112.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mulege Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

• The sea cliff has a relief of 2 m, rising from an elevation of 4.25 m to 6.25 m above present sea level. Both the unconformity surface and eroded boulders are extensively encrusted with coralline red algae and a variety of articulated bivalve

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: L. K. Libbey and M. E. Johnson. 1997. Upper Pleistocene Rocky Shores and Intertidal Biotas at Playa La Palmita (Baja California Sur,Mexico). Journal of Coastal Research 13(1):216-225 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 147803: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 12.07.2013, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling and Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinales indet. Silva and Johansen 1986
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Porites californica" = Porites panamensis
"Porites californica" = Porites panamensis Verrill 1866 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Tubastraea coccinea2 Lesson 1829 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo fluctuosus" = Turbo (Callopoma) fluctuosus Wood 1828 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium maculosum cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella mariana turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus granulatus" = Persististrombus granulatus Swainson 1822 true conch
Strombus galeatus Swainson 1823 conch
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Hanetia anomala" = Solenosteira anomala
"Hanetia anomala" = Solenosteira anomala Reeve 1847 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conasprella sp.1 Thiele 1929 cone shell
Conus recurvus cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra variegata auger snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonia nobilis" = Architectonica
"Architectonia nobilis" = Architectonica sundial
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Barbatia solida" = Arcopsis solida
"Barbatia solida" = Arcopsis solida Sowerby I 1833 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia reeveana d'Orbigny 1846 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris multicostata" = Tucetona (Bellaxinaea) multicostata
"Glycymeris multicostata" = Tucetona (Bellaxinaea) multicostata Sowerby 1833 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten vogdesi" = Euvola vogdesi
"Pecten vogdesi" = Euvola vogdesi Arnold 1906 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea fischeri" = Hyotissa hyotis
"Ostrea fischeri" = Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Volsella capax" = Modiolus capax
"Volsella capax" = Modiolus capax Conrad 1837 mussel
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Pseudochama janus" = Chama janus
"Pseudochama janus" = Chama janus Reeve 1847 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Macrocallista squalida" = Megapitaria squalida Sowerby 1833 venus clam
Dosinia ponderosa Gray 1838 venus clam
Chione californiensis Broderip and Sowerby I 1835 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium consors, "Trachycardium procerum" = Mexicardia procera
Trachycardium consors Sowerby I 1833 cockle
"Trachycardium procerum" = Mexicardia procera Sowerby 1833 cockle
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
"Tagelus californicus" = Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus
"Tagelus californicus" = Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus Conrad 1837 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panope taeniata" = Panopea globosa
"Panope taeniata" = Panopea globosa Dall 1898 clam
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Encope granids sand dollar
Encope californica Verrill 1870 sand dollar