UCMP Loc. A-9587 - Punta Cabras (Pleistocene of Mexico)
Where: Mexico (31.3° N, 116.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Coquina in marine terrace deposits, overlying sandstone and conglomerate of the Upper Cretaceous Rossario Fm. THICKNESS: 4 ft. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Basal marine terrace deposits.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, shelly/skeletal, white mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow water, nearshore environment, bordering an open, precipitous coast.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: White, well-indurated, sandy coquina of broken mollusc shells. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description.
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: W.O. Addicott and W.K. Emerson (1953). REPOSITORY: University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Primary reference: W. O. Addicott and W. K. Emerson. 1959. Late Pleistocene Invertebrates from Punta Cabras, Baja California, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 1925:1-33 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67641: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.11.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, scaphopoda, polyplacophora, echinoidea, cirripedia, and bryozoans. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with occurrences assigned to species resolution by specialist.
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| Malacostraca | |
"Cancer (Romaleon) antennarius" = Romaleon antennarium2
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| Thecostraca | |
"Balanus cf. californicus" = Megabalanus californicus, Balanus cf. nubilus
"Balanus cf. californicus" = Megabalanus californicus Pilsbry 1916 barnacle SUBSPECIES: B. cf. tintinnabulum californicus
Balanus cf. nubilus Darwin 1854 barnacle | |
| Polyplacophora | |
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Cryptochiton stelleri Middendorf 1847 chiton | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam | |
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Septifer bifurcatus Conrad 1837 mussel
Mytilus californianus Conrad 1837 mussel
"Modiolus fornicatus" = Modiolus carpenteri Soot-Ryen 1963 mussel | |
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"Pododesmus macrochismus" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
"Pododesmus macrochismus" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop | |
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Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864 oyster | |
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam | |
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Penitella cf. penita Conrad 1837 clam
Zirfaea pilsbryi Lowe 1931 clam | |
"Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium
"Trachycardium quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium Conrad 1837 cockle | |
"Tellina buttoni" = Ameritella modesta, "Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis
"Tellina buttoni" = Ameritella modesta Carpenter 1864 tellin clam
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis Hinds 1844 tellin clam | |
"Donax gouldi" = Donax (Donax) gouldii
"Donax gouldi" = Donax (Donax) gouldii Dall 1921 clam | |
"Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii
"Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum, "Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides, "Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea
"Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum Mawe 1823 venus clam
"Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides Conrad 1837 venus clam
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea Conrad 1837 venus clam | |
| Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Gadinia reticulata" = Trimusculus reticulata
"Gadinia reticulata" = Trimusculus reticulata Sowerby 1835 button snail | |
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata Gould 1849 periwinkle | |
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"Pusula californianus" = Pusula (Pusula) californiana
"Pusula californianus" = Pusula (Pusula) californiana Gray 1828 snail | |
"Bursa californica" = Crossata ventricosa
"Bursa californica" = Crossata ventricosa Broderip 1833 frog shell | |
Nassarius perpingus, "Nassarius mendicus" = Hima mendica, "Nassarius fossatus" = Caesia fossatus, "Nassarius delosi" = Caesia delosi
Nassarius perpingus snail
"Nassarius mendicus" = Hima mendica Gould 1849 snail SUBSPECIES: N. mendicus mendicus, N. mendicus cooper
"Nassarius fossatus" = Caesia fossatus Gould 1849 snail
"Nassarius delosi" = Caesia delosi Woodring 1946 snail | |
Amphissa versicolor, "Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata
Amphissa versicolor Dall 1871 snail
"Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata Hinds 1844 dovesnail | |
"Kelletia kelleti" = Kelletia kelletii
"Kelletia kelleti" = Kelletia kelletii Forbes 1852 true whelk | |
""Purpura" nuttalli" = Ceratostoma nuttalli, Thais emarginata, "Acanthina lugubris" = Mexacanthina lugubris, Maxwellia gemma, "Jaton festiva" = Pteropurpura festiva
""Purpura" nuttalli" = Ceratostoma nuttalli Conrad 1837 murex snail SUBSPECIES: P. nuttalli aciculiger
Thais emarginata Deshayes 1839 murex snail
"Acanthina lugubris" = Mexacanthina lugubris Sowerby I 1822 murex snail
Maxwellia gemma Sowerby 1879 murex snail
"Jaton festiva" = Pteropurpura festiva Hinds 1844 murex snail | |
"Olivella pedroana" = Callianax pedroana, "Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata
"Olivella pedroana" = Callianax pedroana Conrad 1855 olive snail
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail | |
"Cymatosyrinx hemphilli" = Globidrillia hemphilli, "Clathrodrillia incisa" = Ophiodermella incisa
"Cymatosyrinx hemphilli" = Globidrillia hemphilli Stearns 1873 turrid
"Clathrodrillia incisa" = Ophiodermella incisa Carpenter 1863 turrid SUBSPECIES: C. incisa ophioderma, C. incisa fancherae; MISSPELT: Clathrodrilla
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"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 cone shell | |
"Mangelia variegata" = Tenaturris variegata
"Mangelia variegata" = Tenaturris variegata Carpenter 1864 snail | |
"Terebra pedroana" = Neoterebra pedroana
"Terebra pedroana" = Neoterebra pedroana Dall 1908 auger snail | |
"Mitra ? idae" = Mitra (Atrimitra) idae
"Mitra ? idae" = Mitra (Atrimitra) idae Melville 1893 mitre shell | |
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Polinices lewisi moon snail | |
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Seila montereyensis Bartsch 1907 snail | |
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Crepidula onyx Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
Crepidula nivea Adams 1852 slipper shell | |
"Epitonium indianorum" = Nitidiscala indianorum
"Epitonium indianorum" = Nitidiscala indianorum Carpenter 1864 wentletrap | |
Acmaea mitra, "Acmaea scabra" = Lottia scabra, "Acmaea digitalis" = Lottia digitalis, "Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa, "Acmaea pelta" = Lottia pelta
Acmaea mitra Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
"Acmaea scabra" = Lottia scabra Gould 1846 limpet
"Acmaea digitalis" = Lottia digitalis Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
"Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa Hinds 1842 limpet
"Acmaea pelta" = Lottia pelta Eschscholtz 1833 limpet | |
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Fissurella volcano Reeve 1849 snail
Diodora aspera Rathke 1833 snail | |
"Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale, "Tegula ligulata" = Tegula (Chlorostoma) ligulata, "Tegula cf. gallina" = Chlorostoma gallina, "Tegula brunnea" = Chlorostoma brunnea, Calliostoma ligatum
"Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale Adams 1855 top snail
"Tegula ligulata" = Tegula (Chlorostoma) ligulata Menke 1850 top snail
"Tegula cf. gallina" = Chlorostoma gallina Forbes 1850 top snail
"Tegula brunnea" = Chlorostoma brunnea Philippi 1849 top snail
Calliostoma ligatum Gould 1849 top snail | |