Playa La Palmita, Mulege Fm, Boulder Substrate, north end of playa (Pleistocene of Mexico)
Where: Mexico (27.1° N, 112.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mulege Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported
• The sea cliff has a relief of 2 m, rising from an elevation of 4.25 m to 6.25 m above present sea level. Both the unconformity surface and eroded boulders are extensively encrusted with coralline red algae and a variety of articulated bivalve
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: L. K. Libbey and M. E. Johnson. 1997. Upper Pleistocene Rocky Shores and Intertidal Biotas at Playa La Palmita (Baja California Sur,Mexico). Journal of Coastal Research 13(1):216-225 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 147803: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 12.07.2013, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling and Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Florideophyceae | |
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Corallinales indet. Silva and Johansen 1986 | |
| Bryozoa | |
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
| Sedentaria | |
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Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800 | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Turritella mariana turret shell | |
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Cerithium maculosum cerith snail | |
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Serpulorbis margaritaceus worm shell | |
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Fusinus cinereus snail | |
"Hanetia anomala" = Solenosteira anomala
"Hanetia anomala" = Solenosteira anomala Reeve 1847 true whelk | |
"Terebra variegata" = Terebra (Strioterebrum) variegata
"Terebra variegata" = Terebra (Strioterebrum) variegata Gray 1834 auger snail | |
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Conus recurvus cone shell | |
Strombus galeatus, "Strombus granulatus" = Persististrombus granulatus
Strombus galeatus Swainson 1823 conch
"Strombus granulatus" = Persististrombus granulatus Swainson 1822 true conch | |
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Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
"Bulla aspersa" = Bulla punctulata
"Bulla aspersa" = Bulla punctulata Adams 1850 snail | |
Turbo squamiger, "Turbo fluctuosus" = Turbo (Callopoma) fluctuosus
Turbo squamiger snail
"Turbo fluctuosus" = Turbo (Callopoma) fluctuosus Wood 1828 snail | |
"Architectonia nobilis" = Architectonica
"Architectonia nobilis" = Architectonica sundial | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Tagelus californicus" = Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus
"Tagelus californicus" = Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus Conrad 1837 clam | |
Trachycardium consors, "Trachycardium procerum" = Mexicardia procera
Trachycardium consors Sowerby I 1833 cockle
"Trachycardium procerum" = Mexicardia procera Sowerby 1833 cockle | |
"Pseudochama janus" = Chama janus
"Pseudochama janus" = Chama janus Reeve 1847 jewel box | |
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Dosinia ponderosa Gray 1838 venus clam
Chione californiensis Broderip and Sowerby I 1835 venus clam
"Macrocallista squalida" = Megapitaria squalida Sowerby 1833 venus clam | |
"Panope taeniata" = Panopea globosa
"Panope taeniata" = Panopea globosa Dall 1898 clam | |
"Volsella capax" = Modiolus capax
"Volsella capax" = Modiolus capax Conrad 1837 mussel | |
"Ostrea fischeri" = Hyotissa hyotis
"Ostrea fischeri" = Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
"Pecten vogdesi" = Euvola vogdesi
"Pecten vogdesi" = Euvola vogdesi Arnold 1906 scallop | |
"Glycymeris multicostata" = Tucetona (Bellaxinaea) multicostata
"Glycymeris multicostata" = Tucetona (Bellaxinaea) multicostata Sowerby 1833 clam | |
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Barbatia reeveana d'Orbigny 1846 clam | |
"Barbatia solida" = Arcopsis solida
"Barbatia solida" = Arcopsis solida Sowerby I 1833 clam | |
| Thecostraca | |
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Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Megabalanus californicus Pilsbry 1916 barnacle | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Encope granids sand dollar
Encope californica Verrill 1870 sand dollar | |
| Anthozoa | |
"Porites californica" = Porites panamensis
"Porites californica" = Porites panamensis Verrill 1866 stony coral | |
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