Where: Mexico (31.3° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 116.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Sandstone ocuring in bed of conglomerate overlying massive Rossario Fm (Cretaceous), further overlain by 30 ft of wind blown sand. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Within conglomerate unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified, white sandstone and lithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: W.O. Addicott (1953). 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 67642: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.11.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Dendraster excentricus Eschscholz 1826 sand dollar | |
Strongylocentrotus sp. Brandt 1835 sea urchin | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Diodora aspera Rathke 1833 snail | |
""Tegula" montereyi" = Chlorostoma montereyi, "Tegula ? brunnea" = Chlorostoma brunnea, Calliostoma ligatum
""Tegula" montereyi" = Chlorostoma montereyi Kiener 1850 top snail
"Tegula ? brunnea" = Chlorostoma brunnea Philippi 1849 top snail
Calliostoma ligatum Gould 1849 top snail | |
Tegula pulligo snail | |
"Homalopoma cf. carpenteri" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum
"Homalopoma cf. carpenteri" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum Dall 1885 snail | |
Lottia gigantea Sowerby 1834 limpet | |
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
Crepidula norrisianum Williamson 1905 slipper shell
"Crepidula lingulata" = Crepipatella lingulata Gould 1846 slipper shell | |
Antisabia panamensis Adams 1852 hoof shell | |
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata Gould 1849 periwinkle | |
Polinices lewisi moon snail | |
Vitrinella stearnsi Bartsch 1907 snail | |
Amphissa versicolor, "Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata
Amphissa versicolor Dall 1871 snail
"Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata Hinds 1844 dovesnail SUBSPECIES: M. carinata carinata, M. carinata gausapata
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Nassarius perpingus snail
"Nassarius fossatus" = Caesia fossatus Gould 1849 snail
"Nassarius mendicus" = Hima mendica Gould 1849 snail | |
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 cone shell | |
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail | |
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857 worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Modiolus fornicatus" = Modiolus carpenteri, Mytilus californianus
"Modiolus fornicatus" = Modiolus carpenteri Soot-Ryen 1963 mussel
Mytilus californianus Conrad 1837 mussel | |
"Hinnites multirugosus" = Crassadoma gigantea
"Hinnites multirugosus" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 scallop | |
Anomia peruviana, "Pododesmus macrochismus" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle
"Pododesmus macrochismus" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop | |
Cumingia californica Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis Hinds 1844 tellin clam | |
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea, Saxidomus nuttalli, "Transennella tantilla" = Nutricola tantilla, "Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum, "Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea Conrad 1837 venus clam
Saxidomus nuttalli Conrad 1837 venus clam
"Transennella tantilla" = Nutricola tantilla Gould 1853 venus clam
"Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum Mawe 1823 venus clam
"Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides Conrad 1837 venus clam | |
Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam | |
Zirfaea ? pilsbryi Lowe 1931 clam | |
Solen sicarius Gould 1850 clam | |
Thecostraca | |
"Balanus cf. tintinnabulum" = Megabalanus tintinnabulum, Balanus cf. nubilus
"Balanus cf. tintinnabulum" = Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus 1758 barnacle SUBSPECIES: B. cf. tintinnabulum californicus
Balanus cf. nubilus Darwin 1854 barnacle |