BPW80-28, 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 lime mudstone

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

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 33565: 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
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella grahamensis Carter 1988 radiolarian
radiolarian species
Cyclastrum scammonense Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
Cyclastrum asuncionense Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Homoeoparonaella lowryensis Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium "sp. E" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Pantanellium "sp. A" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Pantanellium carlense Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Pantanellium skedansense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Pantanellium inornatum1 Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella mirabunda Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
questionable occurrence
Crucella squama Kozlova 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
"? Pseudocrucella baroni" = Beatricea baroni
"? Pseudocrucella baroni" = Beatricea baroni Cordey 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pseudoacanthocircidae
"Stauracanthocircus sanrafaelensis" = Stauromesosaturnalis deweveri
"Stauracanthocircus sanrafaelensis" = Stauromesosaturnalis deweveri Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae
Archaeospongoprunum coyotense Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
"Orbiculiformella kwunaensis" = Orbiculiformella callosa
"Orbiculiformella kwunaensis" = Orbiculiformella callosa Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Palaeosaturnalis aff. liassicus2 Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus aff. alpinus Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Ares sutherlandi2 Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Bagotum funiculum Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
Droltus sanignacioensis Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Haeckelicyrtium "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum anulatum Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Katroma "sp. A" Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
Katroma aurita Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
Katroma angusta Yeh 1987 radiolarian
Katroma clara Yeh 1987 radiolarian
Ducatus hipolitoensis Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
Podocapsa abreojosensis Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Pseudoeucyrtis angusta Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Napora reiferensis radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Tripedurnulidae
Pseudopoulpus "sp. A" Takemura 1986 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
"? Saitoum minai" = Carterwhalenia minai
"? Saitoum minai" = Carterwhalenia minai Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian