Where: Mexico (31.5° N, 116.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Fossils from basal 3-4-foot stratum, at an estimated elevation of from 20 to 25 feet above sea level, resting on upper Cretaceous rocks and overlain by unfossiliferous gravel and reddish soil.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, sandy gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J.W. Durham, W.K. Emerson in 1953; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: W. K. Emerson. 1956. Pleistocene invertebrates from Punta China, Baja California, Mexico, with remarks on the composition of the Pacific coast Quaternary faunas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 111:313-342 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226465: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.07.2022

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