BPW80-14, San Hipolito Fm, Vizcaino Peninsula, Baja California Sur (Jurassic of Mexico)

Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (26.0° N, 111.0° W: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 53.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: San Hipolito Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; tuffaceous, brown, gray, green sandstone and concretionary, tuffaceous, gray, silty lime mudstone

• thin to medium-bedded, poorly sorted, olive grey to light greenish brown, tuffaceous sandstone interbedded with silty and cherty tuffs and silty, tuffaceous, light grey limestone; sample from light grey micritic calcareous concretion

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Primary reference: P. A. Whalen and E.S. Carter. 2002. Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) Radiolaria from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Micropaleontology 48(2):97-151 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33559: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 03.08.2003, edited by Adam Kocsis

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Pseudoheliodiscus aff. alpinus Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
Praehexasaturnalis tetraradiatus Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
Palaeosaturnalis "sp. B"2 Donofrio and Mostler 1978 radiolarian
Palaeosaturnalis aff. liassicus2 Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Nassellaria indet. Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Stichocapsa "sp. A" Haeckel 1881 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Farcidae
Farcus asperoensis radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Tripedurnulidae
Pseudopoulpus "sp. A" Takemura 1986 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Katroma clara Yeh 1987 radiolarian
Podocapsa abreojosensis Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
Ducatus hipolitoensis Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hilarisiregidae
"Rolumbus halseyensis" = Diceratigalea halseyensis
"Rolumbus halseyensis" = Diceratigalea halseyensis Pessagno et al. 1986 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Naropa vi n. sp.2
Naropa vi n. sp.2 Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Ares sutherlandi2 Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Cyclastrum asuncionense Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
"Orbiculiformella sanpabloensis" = Beatricea sanpabloensis
"Orbiculiformella sanpabloensis" = Beatricea sanpabloensis Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
"Orbiculiformella kwunaensis" = Orbiculiformella callosa
"Orbiculiformella kwunaensis" = Orbiculiformella callosa Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
? Crucella "sp. A" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Crucella squama Kozlova 1971 radiolarian
Crucella mirabunda Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae
Archaeospongoprunum coyotense Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
sensu Yeh
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium "sp. E" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Pantanellium inornatum1 Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian