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: Sandstone ocuring in bed of conglomerate overlying massive Rossario Fm (Cretaceous), further overlain by 30 ft of wind blown sand. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Within conglomerate unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, white sandstone and lithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: W.O. Addicott (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 67642: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.11.2006, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Mitrella carinata carinata carinate dovesnail | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus cf. nubilus, "Balanus cf. tintinnabulum californicus" = Megabalanus californicus
Balanus cf. nubilus Darwin 1854 giant acorn barnacle
"Balanus cf. tintinnabulum californicus" = Megabalanus californicus Pilsbry 1916 California barnacle | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897 six-sided tooth | |
Bivalvia | |
"Hinnites multirugosus" = Crassadoma gigantea
"Hinnites multirugosus" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 rock scallop | |
"Pododesmus macrochismus" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma, Anomia peruviana
"Pododesmus macrochismus" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 pearly jingle
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 common jingle | |
"Modiolus fornicatus" = Modiolus carpenteri, Mytilus californianus
"Modiolus fornicatus" = Modiolus carpenteri Soot-Ryen 1963 California horsemussel
Mytilus californianus Conrad 1837 California mussel | |
Zirfaea ? pilsbryi Lowe 1931 rough piddock | |
Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 California softshell | |
Cumingia californica Conrad 1837 California semele | |
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis Hinds 1844 Bodega tellen | |
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea, "Transennella tantilla" = Nutricola tantilla, Saxidomus nuttalli, "Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum, "Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea Conrad 1837 common littleneck
"Transennella tantilla" = Nutricola tantilla Gould 1853 purple dwarf-venus
Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad 1837 California butter clam
"Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum Mawe 1823 Pismo clam
"Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides Conrad 1837 hearty petricola | |
Solen sicarius Gould 1850 sickle razor clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Diodora aspera Rathke 1833 rough keyhole limpet | |
"Tegula ? brunnea" = Chlorostoma brunnea, ""Tegula" montereyi" = Chlorostoma montereyi, Calliostoma ligatum
"Tegula ? brunnea" = Chlorostoma brunnea Philippi 1849 brown tegula
""Tegula" montereyi" = Chlorostoma montereyi Kiener 1850 Monterey tegula
Calliostoma ligatum Gould 1849 blue topsnail | |
"Tegula pulligo" = Promartynia pulligo
"Tegula pulligo" = Promartynia pulligo Gmelin 1791 dusky tegula | |
"Homalopoma cf. carpenteri" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum
"Homalopoma cf. carpenteri" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum Dall 1885 dark dwarf-turban | |
Lottia gigantea Sowerby 1834 owl limpet | |
"Crepidula lingulata" = Crepipatella lingulata Gould 1846 Pacific half-slippersnail
Crepidula norrisianum Williamson 1905 shelf limpet
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824 hooked slippersnail | |
Vitrinella stearnsi Bartsch 1907 snail | |
Antisabia panamensis Adams 1852 hoof shell | |
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 purple olivella | |
Nassarius perpingus snail
"Nassarius mendicus" = Hima mendica Gould 1849 lean western nassa
"Nassarius fossatus" = Caesia fossatus Gould 1849 channeled basket snail | |
Amphissa versicolor, "Mitrella carinata gausapata" = Mitrella gausapata
Amphissa versicolor Dall 1871 variegated amphissa
"Mitrella carinata gausapata" = Mitrella gausapata Gould 1850 shaggy dovesnail | |
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 California cone | |
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata Gould 1849 checkered periwinkle | |
Polinices lewisi moon snail | |
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857 scaled wormsnail | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Echinoidea | |
Strongylocentrotus sp. Brandt 1835 sea urchin | |
Dendraster excentricus Eschscholz 1826 eccentric sand dollar |