Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (24.8° N, 111.7° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 25.6° N, 110.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit; mapped as Ysidro Fm, but also referred to as Salada Fm; not resolved by enterer. AGE: Middle Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From multiple beds.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siltstone and poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
• COMPONENTS: Whale bones are scattered.
Preservation: original calcite
Reposited in the CAS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors from the CAS. REPOSITORY: CAS
Primary reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1966. Pliocene fossils from Rancho El Refugio, Baja California and Cerralvo Island, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 30(14):265-284 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96580: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Hemipristis heteropleurus Agassiz 1844 ground shark | |
? Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
Carcharodon arnoldi Jordan 1898 white shark | |
Gastropoda | |
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
Ficus cf. ventricosus fig shell | |
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758 conch |