Where: Mexico (32.4° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 116.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Conglomeratic sand at basal contact with Cretaceous agglomerate (Alistos or San Fernando formation). Overlain by 5 ft of reddish-brown alluvium with 2 inch seam of caliche at base. THICKNESS: 4-5 ft. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; unlithified, pebbly, shelly/skeletal, conglomeratic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: W.K. Emerson (1954). REPOSITORY: University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Primary reference: W. O. Addicott and W. K. Emerson. 1959. Late Pleistocene Invertebrates from Punta Cabras, Baja California, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 1925:1-33 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67613: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.11.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam | |
"Semele decisa" = Semele (Semele) decisa
"Semele decisa" = Semele (Semele) decisa Conrad 1837 clam | |
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"Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii
"Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam | |
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"Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides
"Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides Conrad 1837 venus clam | |
"Lucina californica" = Epilucina californica Conrad 1837 clam
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam
Here excavata Carpenter 1857 clam | |
Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864 oyster | |
Leptopecten latiauratus, "Hinnites multirugosus" = Crassadoma gigantea
Leptopecten latiauratus Conrad 1837 scallop
"Hinnites multirugosus" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 scallop | |
Mytilus californianus Conrad 1837 mussel | |
Polyplacophora | |
Cryptochiton stelleri Middendorf 1847 chiton | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Calliostoma ligatum, "Tegula cf. gallina" = Chlorostoma gallina, "Tegula brunnea" = Chlorostoma brunnea, "Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale
Calliostoma ligatum Gould 1849 top snail
"Tegula cf. gallina" = Chlorostoma gallina Forbes 1850 top snail
"Tegula brunnea" = Chlorostoma brunnea Philippi 1849 top snail
"Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale Adams 1855 top snail | |
"Haliotis cracherodi" = Haliotis cracherodii
"Haliotis cracherodi" = Haliotis cracherodii Leach 1814 abalone | |
Acmaea mitra Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
"Acmaea pelta" = Lottia pelta Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
"Acmaea cf. scutum" = Lottia scutum Eschscholtz 1833 limpet | |
Crepidula norrisianum Williamson 1905 slipper shell | |
"Bursa californica" = Crossata ventricosa
"Bursa californica" = Crossata ventricosa Broderip 1833 frog shell | |
"Olivella pedroana" = Callianax pedroana, "Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata
"Olivella pedroana" = Callianax pedroana Conrad 1855 olive snail
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail | |
"Jaton festiva" = Pteropurpura festiva, "Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma, Thais emarginata
"Jaton festiva" = Pteropurpura festiva Hinds 1844 murex snail
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail SUBSPECIES: T. haemastoma biserialis
Thais emarginata Deshayes 1839 murex snail | |
"Mitra ? idae" = Mitra (Atrimitra) idae
"Mitra ? idae" = Mitra (Atrimitra) idae Melville 1893 mitre shell | |
Nassarius perpingus, "Nassarius fossatus" = Caesia fossatus, "Nassarius delosi" = Caesia delosi, "Nassarius mendicus" = Hima mendica
Nassarius perpingus snail
"Nassarius fossatus" = Caesia fossatus Gould 1849 snail
"Nassarius delosi" = Caesia delosi Woodring 1946 snail
"Nassarius mendicus" = Hima mendica Gould 1849 snail | |
"Kelletia kelleti" = Kelletia kelletii
"Kelletia kelleti" = Kelletia kelletii Forbes 1852 true whelk | |
Amphissa versicolor, "Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata
Amphissa versicolor Dall 1871 snail
"Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata Hinds 1844 dovesnail | |
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 cone shell | |
"Clathrodrillia incisa" = Ophiodermella incisa
"Clathrodrillia incisa" = Ophiodermella incisa Carpenter 1863 turrid SUBSPECIES: C. incisa fancherae; MISSPELT: Clathrodrilla
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"Terebra pedroana" = Neoterebra pedroana
"Terebra pedroana" = Neoterebra pedroana Dall 1908 auger snail | |
"Pusula californianus" = Pusula (Pusula) californiana
"Pusula californianus" = Pusula (Pusula) californiana Gray 1828 snail | |
Hipponix tumens Carpenter 1864 hoof shell | |
Polinices lewisi moon snail | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus cf. nubilus Darwin 1854 barnacle |