PBDB Collection

C.A.S. Loc. 945, Turtle Bay (Pliocene of Mexico)

Where: Baja California, Mexico (27.7° N, 114.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit, which unconformably overlies Cretaceous and Miocene strata. AGE: Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within strata.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Soft to moderately indurated sandstones, abundantly fossiliferous throughout. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of lithologic description.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Hanna & Jordan in 1925; reposited in the CAS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: G.D Hanna and E.K. Jordan, 1925. REPOSITORY: C.A.S.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97127: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.07.2010, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identification.

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Gastropoda
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Epitonium sp., "Epitonium contrerasi n. sp." = Hirtoscala hindsii, "Epitonium cedrosensis n. sp." = Asperiscala minuticosta, "Epitonium dallasi n. sp." = Asperiscala minuticosta Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap "Epitonium contrerasi n. sp." = Hirtoscala hindsii Carpenter 1856 wentletrap "Epitonium cedrosensis n. sp." = Asperiscala minuticosta de Boury 1912 wentletrap "Epitonium dallasi n. sp." = Asperiscala minuticosta de Boury 1912 wentletrap
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Natica sp. Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae	Gyrineum sp. Gyrineum sp. Link 1807 triton shell
Neogastropoda - Muricidae	Forreria sp., Forreria wrighti n. sp. Forreria sp. Jousseaume 1880 murex snail Forreria wrighti n. sp. murex snail
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella sp. Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Bivalvia
Arcida - Arcidae	Arca sp. Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	"Pecten (Plagioctenium) callidus" = Argopecten callidus, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) cristobalensis" = Argopecten cristobalensis, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) circularis" = Argopecten ventricosus, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) hakei" = Argopecten hakei, "Pecten (Plagioctenium) invalidus" = Argopecten invalidus, "Pecten (Amusium) sp." = Amusium, "Pecten (Leptopecten) latiauratus" = Leptopecten latiauratus, "Pecten (Leptopecten) bellilamellatus" = Leptopecten latiauratus, "Pecten (Leptopecten) praevalidus n. sp." = Pecten (Aequipecten) praevalidus, "Pecten (Lyropecten) subnodosus" = Nodipecten subnodosus, Pecten (Pecten) lecontei, Lyropecten modulatus, Lyropecten gallegosi, "Pecten (Lyropecten) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis "Pecten (Plagioctenium) callidus" = Argopecten callidus Hertlein 1925 calico scallop "Pecten (Plagioctenium) cristobalensis" = Argopecten cristobalensis Hertlein 1925 calico scallop "Pecten (Plagioctenium) circularis" = Argopecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842 calico scallop "Pecten (Plagioctenium) hakei" = Argopecten hakei Hertlein 1925 calico scallop "Pecten (Plagioctenium) invalidus" = Argopecten invalidus Hanna 1924 calico scallop "Pecten (Amusium) sp." = Amusium Röding 1798 scallop "Pecten (Leptopecten) latiauratus" = Leptopecten latiauratus Conrad 1837 kelp scallop "Pecten (Leptopecten) bellilamellatus" = Leptopecten latiauratus Conrad 1837 kelp scallop "Pecten (Leptopecten) praevalidus n. sp." = Pecten (Aequipecten) praevalidus Jordan and Hertlein 1926 scallop "Pecten (Lyropecten) subnodosus" = Nodipecten subnodosus Sowerby 1836 scallop Pecten (Pecten) lecontei Arnold 1906 scallop Lyropecten modulatus Hertlein 1925 scallop Lyropecten gallegosi Jordan and Hertlein 1926 scallop "Pecten (Lyropecten) cerrosensis" = Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Placunanomia hannibali n. sp., Anomia peruviana Placunanomia hannibali n. sp. Jordan and Hertlein 1926 jingle Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 common jingle
Ostreida - Ostreidae	"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon, "Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina, Ostrea lurida "Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846 arc oyster "Ostrea vespertina" = Dendostrea vespertina Conrad 1855 oyster Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864 native oyster
Cardiida - Psammobiidae	Sanguinolaria sp. Sanguinolaria sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"Macoma kelseyi" = Macoma nasuta "Macoma kelseyi" = Macoma nasuta Conrad 1837 bent-nose clam
Cardiida - Mactridae	Mactra sp. Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 duck clam
Cardiida - Chamidae	Chama frondosa Chama frondosa Broderip 1835 jewel box
Thecostraca
Balanomorpha - Balanidae	"Balanus tintinnabulum coccopoma" = Megabalanus coccopoma, "Balanus cf. concavus" = Concavus concavus "Balanus tintinnabulum coccopoma" = Megabalanus coccopoma Darwin 1854 barnacle "Balanus cf. concavus" = Concavus concavus Bronn 1831 barnacle
Echinoidea
Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae	Dendraster cedrosensis, Dendraster pentagonalis Dendraster cedrosensis Israelsky 1923 sand dollar Dendraster pentagonalis Israelsky 1923 sand dollar