Also known as UCLA Loc. 2719
Where: Baja California, Mexico (32.3° N, 117.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: PLeistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unconsolidated pebble conglomerate exposed in sea cliff.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, pebbly conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collected by Cunningham & Valentine in 1952; reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Cunningham and Valentine, 1952. REPOSITORY: Apparently, UCLA.
Primary reference: J. W. Valentine. 1957. Late Pleistocene faunas from the northwestern coast of Baja California, Mexico. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 12(16):298-308 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96594: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
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Polyplacophora | |
Mopalia hindsi chiton | |
Cryptochiton stelleri Middendorf 1847 chiton | |
Bivalvia | |
Septifer bifurcatus Conrad 1837 mussel
Mytilus californianus Conrad 1837 mussel | |
"Glycymeris aff. profunda" = Glycymeris septentrionalis, "Glycymeris subobsoleta" = Glycymeris septentrionalis
"Glycymeris aff. profunda" = Glycymeris septentrionalis Middendorf 1849 clam
"Glycymeris subobsoleta" = Glycymeris septentrionalis Middendorf 1849 clam | |
"Pododesmus macroschisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
"Pododesmus macroschisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop | |
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846 oyster | |
Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam
Here excavata Carpenter 1857 clam | |
Siliqua patula Dixon 1789 clam | |
"Pholadidea penita" = Penitella penita
"Pholadidea penita" = Penitella penita Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Trachycardium cf. quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium
"Trachycardium cf. quadragenarium" = Dallocardia quadragenarium Conrad 1837 cockle | |
"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, Chione undatella, "Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea
"Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum Mawe 1823 venus clam
"Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides Conrad 1837 venus clam
Chione undatella Sowerby I 1835 venus clam
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea Conrad 1837 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Trimusculus reticulata Sowerby 1835 button snail | |
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata, "Littorina planaxis" = Littorina (Neritrema) keenae
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata Gould 1849 periwinkle
"Littorina planaxis" = Littorina (Neritrema) keenae Rosewater 1978 periwinkle | |
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857 worm shell | |
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"Bursa californica" = Crossata ventricosa
"Bursa californica" = Crossata ventricosa Broderip 1833 frog shell | |
"Nassa perpinguis" = Caesia perpinguis, "Nassa fossata" = Caesia fossatus
"Nassa perpinguis" = Caesia perpinguis Hinds 1844 snail
"Nassa fossata" = Caesia fossatus Gould 1849 snail | |
"Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata
"Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata Hinds 1844 dovesnail | |
Acanthina paucilirata unicorn
Nucella emarginata murex snail
"Acanthina spirata" = Acanthinucella spirata Blainville 1832 murex snail | |
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail | |
Megasurcula carpenteriana Gabb 1866 turrid | |
Euspira lewisii Gould 1847 moon snail | |
Crepidula nummaria Gould 1846 slipper shell | |
Acmaea mitra, "Acmaea digitalis" = Lottia digitalis, "Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa, "Acmaea scutum" = Lottia scutum
Acmaea mitra Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
"Acmaea digitalis" = Lottia digitalis Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
"Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa Hinds 1842 limpet
"Acmaea scutum" = Lottia scutum Eschscholtz 1833 limpet | |
Diodora aspera, "Megatebennus bimaculata" = Fissurellidea bimaculata
Diodora aspera Rathke 1833 snail
"Megatebennus bimaculata" = Fissurellidea bimaculata Dall 1871 snail | |
Haliotis sp. Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
"Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale, Calliostoma ligatum
"Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale Adams 1855 top snail
Calliostoma ligatum Gould 1849 top snail |