Where: Baja, Mexico (27.3° N, 112.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 111.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Infierno Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone and lithified conglomerate
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Primary reference: S. A. Quiroz-Barroso and M.C. Perrilliat. 1989. Pectinidos del Plioceno del area de Santa Rosalia, Baja California sur. Paleontologia Mexicana (53)1-79 [S. Peters/S. Peters]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 66172: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 03.10.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Patinopecten santarosaliensis n. sp. scallop
Argopecten mendenhalli Arnold 1906 calico scallop
Argopecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842 calico scallop |