Arroyo Patrocinio (Eocene of Mexico)
Where: Baja California, Mexico (26.9° N, 113.0° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 100.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Bateque Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; diatomite
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. McLean and J. A. Barron. 1988. A Late Middle Eocene diatomite in northwestern Baja California Sur, Mexico: Implications for tectonic translation. Pacific Section SEPM 38:1-8 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 201729: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.05.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bacillariophyceae | |
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Melosira architecturalis diatom
Melosira sulcata diatom | |
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Sceptroneis sp. Ehrenberg 1844 diatom | |