Also known as LACMIP Loc. 10607
Where: Tayabas, Philippines (13.0° N, 122.0° E: paleocoordinates 12.9° N, 122.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Canguinsa Sandstone Member (Vigo Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Blue gray sandy marls. Overlies Maglihi Shale (1000-2000 ft thick) and is overlain by the Malumbang Limestone (100-200 ft thick). the Canguinsa Sandstone is 500-1200 ft thick.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collected by Popenoe, Pomania, and Albis (1937)
Primary reference: W.P. Popenoe and R. M. Kleinpell. 1978. Age and stratigraphic significance for Lyellian correlation of the fauna of the Vigo Formation, Luzon, Phillipines. Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 129:1-73 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41529: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Yoldia "sp. B" Möller 1842 clam | |
"Amussium ? pleuronectes" = Amusium
"Amussium ? pleuronectes" = Amusium scallop | |
Corbula lamellata, "Corbula "scaphoides"" = Aloidis scaphoides, "Corbula fortisulcata" = Corbula (Notocorbula) fortisulcata
Corbula lamellata clam
"Corbula "scaphoides"" = Aloidis scaphoides Hinds 1843 clam
"Corbula fortisulcata" = Corbula (Notocorbula) fortisulcata Smith 1879 clam | |
"Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea, Paphia euglypta
"Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam
Paphia euglypta venus clam | |
Cycladicama oblonga clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium scalare wentletrap | |
Polinices "sp. a" Monfort 1810 moon snail
Polinices solida moon snail | |
"Cymatium ? gracile" = Reticutriton pfeifferianus, "Apollon bitubercularis" = Gyrineum
"Cymatium ? gracile" = Reticutriton pfeifferianus Reeve 1844 triton shell
"Apollon bitubercularis" = Gyrineum triton shell | |
"Cypraea poraria" = Erosaria poraria
"Cypraea poraria" = Erosaria poraria Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Dientomochilus crispatus" = Varicospira crispata
"Dientomochilus crispatus" = Varicospira crispata Sowerby 1842 snail | |
Gemmula speciosa turrid | |
Vexillum cf. amanda Reeve 1845 ribbed mitre | |
"Alectrion gaudiosus" = Nassarius (Alectrion), "Alectrion crenulatus" = Nassarius (Alectrion), "Arcularia thersites" = Nassarius (Arcularia)
"Alectrion gaudiosus" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail
"Alectrion crenulatus" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail
"Arcularia thersites" = Nassarius (Arcularia) snail | |
Cancellaria verbeeki snail | |
Rhinoclavus pfefferi cerith snail | |
"Architectonica maxima" = Architectonica (Architectonica) maxima
"Architectonica maxima" = Architectonica (Architectonica) maxima Philippi 1849 sundial |