Also known as LACM 3302, 3310, 7172
Where: Baja California, Mexico (30.2° N, 115.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 86.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: El Gallo Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• said to be Campanian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by H. Garbani, M. Greenwald in 1970, 1973; reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), sieve,
• collections were eventually moved from the LACM to the IGM (Nydam 1999)
Primary reference: W. J. Morris. 1973. Mesozoic and Tertiary vertebrates in Baja California. National Geographic Society Research Reports (1966) 7:197-209 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14456: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano and Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Polyglyphanodon bajaensis n. sp." = Dicothodon bajaensis4
"Polyglyphanodon bajaensis n. sp." = Dicothodon bajaensis4 Nydam 1999 squamates type from LACM LAV-7170, also at LACM LAV-7272
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Mammalia | |
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Gallolestes pachymandibularis n. gen. n. sp.3
Gallolestes pachymandibularis n. gen. n. sp.3 Lillegraven 1976 eutherian from LACM 3302; also at LACM 3310, LACM 7172: Clemens 1980
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Mesodma cf. formosa Marsh 1889 multituberculate |