Also known as LACMIP loc. 27137
Where: Baja California, Mexico (31.7° N, 116.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 93.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rosario Formation, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, concretionary, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. P. Popenoe and L. R. Saul. 1987. Evolution and classification of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary gastropod Perissitys. Contributions in Science 380:1-37 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72108: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.05.2007, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Murphitys madonna Popenoe and Saul 1987 snail | |
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Bivalvia | |
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