La Purisima (Miocene to of Mexico)
Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (26.2° N, 112.1° W: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 108.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Barstovian to Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• JA: Barstovian to Hemphillian based on AEO results
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported
Primary reference: I. FerrusquÃa-Villafranca. 1984. A review of the early and middle Tertiary mammal faunas of Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(2):187-198 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18731: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• only one terrestrial taxon
geographic coordinate is far from certain
geographic coordinate is far from certain
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Mollusca indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea loeli" = Pycnodonte loeli2
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Gastropoda | |
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"Rapana vaquerosensis" = Califrapana vaquerosensis2
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