UCMP Loc. A-9589 - Punta Cabras (Pleistocene of Mexico)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow water, nearshore environment, bordering an open, precipitous coast.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Lenses of well-sorted, very fine-grained sand within bed of well-indurated conglomerate. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description.

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

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, scaphopoda, polyplacophora, echinoidea, cirripedia, and bryozoans. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with occurrences assigned to species resolution by specialist.
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Dendraster excentricus Eschscholz 1826 sand dollar
 Camarodonta - Strongylocentrotidae
Strongylocentrotus sp. Brandt 1835 sea urchin
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora aspera Rathke 1833 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
""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
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Homalopoma cf. carpenteri" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum
"Homalopoma cf. carpenteri" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum Dall 1885 snail
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Lottia gigantea Sowerby 1834 limpet
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
Crepidula norrisianum Williamson 1905 slipper shell
"Crepidula lingulata" = Crepipatella lingulata Gould 1846 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Antisabia panamensis Adams 1852 hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata Gould 1849 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices lewisi moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinella stearnsi Bartsch 1907 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
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
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius perpingus, "Nassarius fossatus" = Caesia fossatus, "Nassarius mendicus" = Hima mendica
"Nassarius fossatus" = Caesia fossatus Gould 1849 snail
"Nassarius mendicus" = Hima mendica Gould 1849 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857 worm shell
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus fornicatus" = Modiolus carpenteri, Mytilus californianus
"Modiolus fornicatus" = Modiolus carpenteri Soot-Ryen 1963 mussel
Mytilus californianus Conrad 1837 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Hinnites multirugosus" = Crassadoma gigantea
"Hinnites multirugosus" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia peruviana, "Pododesmus macrochismus" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle
"Pododesmus macrochismus" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Cumingia californica Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis Hinds 1844 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"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
 Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Zirfaea ? pilsbryi Lowe 1931 clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sicarius Gould 1850 clam
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
"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