UCLA Loc. 2717, Rosarito Beach (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Also known as LACMIP Loc. 22717

Where: Baja California, Mexico (32.3° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 116.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: PLeistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Sandy rubble exposed in sea cliff.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandy rubble. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collected by Cunningham & Valentine in 1952; reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Cunningham and Valentine, 1952. REPOSITORY: Apparently, UCLA.

Primary reference: J. W. Valentine. 1957. Late Pleistocene faunas from the northwestern coast of Baja California, Mexico. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 12(16):298-308 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96592: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species resolution.
Polychaeta
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Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam
Epilucina californica Conrad 1837 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula luteola" = Caryocorbula luteola
"Corbula luteola" = Caryocorbula luteola Carpenter 1864 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
"Pholadidea penita" = Penitella penita
"Pholadidea penita" = Penitella penita Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
"Lasaea subviridis" = Lasaea adansoni1, "Kellia laperousi" = Kellia suborbicularis
"Lasaea subviridis" = Lasaea adansoni1 Gmelin 1791 kelly clam
"Kellia laperousi" = Kellia suborbicularis Montague 1803 kelly clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Cumingia californica Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Sanguinolaria nuttalli" = Nuttallia nuttallii
"Sanguinolaria nuttalli" = Nuttallia nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula dolabriformis" = Simomactra dolabriformis, "Spisula hemphili" = Mactromeris hemphillii, "Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii
"Spisula dolabriformis" = Simomactra dolabriformis Conrad 1867 clam
"Spisula hemphili" = Mactromeris hemphillii Dall 1894 clam
"Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Pseudochama exogyra" = Chama exogyra, Chama arcana1
"Pseudochama exogyra" = Chama exogyra Conrad 1837 jewel box
Chama arcana1 Bernard 1976 jewel box
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta orbella Gould 1851 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Transenella tantilla" = Nutricola tantilla, "Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides, "Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum, "Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea
"Transenella tantilla" = Nutricola tantilla Gould 1853 venus clam
"Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides Conrad 1837 venus clam
"Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum Mawe 1823 venus clam
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea Conrad 1837 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Milneria kelseyi, "Glans subquadrata" = Glans carpenteri
Milneria kelseyi Dall 1916 clam
"Glans subquadrata" = Glans carpenteri Lamy 1922 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Hinnites giganteus" = Crassadoma gigantea Gray 1825 scallop
Leptopecten latiauratus Conrad 1837 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
"Pododesmus macroschisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
"Pododesmus macroschisma" = Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma Deshayes 1839 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer bifurcatus Conrad 1837 mussel
Mytilus californianus Conrad 1837 mussel
"Modiolus fornicatus" = Modiolus carpenteri Soot-Ryen 1963 mussel
Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Callistoplacidae
Callistochiton palmulatus Dall 1879 chiton
Callistochiton crassicostatus Pilsbry 1893 chiton
 Neoloricata - Ischnochitonidae
"Stenoplax acrior" = Stenoplax magdalenensis
"Stenoplax acrior" = Stenoplax magdalenensis Hinds 1845 magdalena chiton
 Neoloricata - Mopaliidae
Mopalia muscosa Gould 1846 chiton
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
"Bittium interfossa" = Lirobittium interfossum
"Bittium interfossa" = Lirobittium interfossum Carpenter 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix tumens Carpenter 1864 hoof shell
Antisabia panamensis2 Adams 1852 hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
"Littorina planaxis" = Littorina (Neritrema) keenae, "Lacuna unifasciata" = Lacuna (Epheria) unifasciata, "Lacuna carinata" = Lacuna (Epheria) carinata, "Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata
"Littorina planaxis" = Littorina (Neritrema) keenae Rosewater 1978 periwinkle
"Lacuna unifasciata" = Lacuna (Epheria) unifasciata Carpenter 1857 periwinkle
"Lacuna carinata" = Lacuna (Epheria) carinata Gould 1848 periwinkle
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata Gould 1849 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus
"Aletes squamigerus" = Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
"Bursa californica" = Crossata ventricosa
"Bursa californica" = Crossata ventricosa Broderip 1833 frog shell
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Amphissa versicolor, "Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata
Amphissa versicolor Dall 1871 snail
"Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata Hinds 1844 dovesnail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa fossata" = Caesia fossatus, "Nassa mendica" = Hima mendica
"Nassa fossata" = Caesia fossatus Gould 1849 snail
"Nassa mendica" = Hima mendica Gould 1849 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Kelletia kelleti" = Kelletia kelletii
"Kelletia kelleti" = Kelletia kelletii Forbes 1852 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Acanthina lugubris" = Mexacanthina lugubris, "Acanthina spirata" = Acanthinucella spirata, Acanthina paucilirata, "Ocinebra foveolata" = Paciocinebrina foveolata, "Ocinebra interfossa" = Paciocinebrina interfossa
"Acanthina lugubris" = Mexacanthina lugubris Sowerby I 1822 murex snail
"Acanthina spirata" = Acanthinucella spirata Blainville 1832 murex snail
"Ocinebra foveolata" = Paciocinebrina foveolata Hinds 1844 murex snail
"Ocinebra interfossa" = Paciocinebrina interfossa Carpenter 1864 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
"Cypraeolina pyriformis" = Granulina margaritula
"Cypraeolina pyriformis" = Granulina margaritula Carpenter 1857 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangelia variegata" = Tenaturris variegata
"Mangelia variegata" = Tenaturris variegata Carpenter 1864 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra pedroana" = Neoterebra pedroana
"Terebra pedroana" = Neoterebra pedroana Dall 1908 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitromorphidae
"Mitromorpha filosa" = Mitromorpha carpenteri
"Mitromorpha filosa" = Mitromorpha carpenteri Glibert 1954 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Ophiodermella incisa Carpenter 1863 turrid
"Clavus hemphilli" = Globidrillia hemphilli Stearns 1873 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Mitra catalinae" = Mitra (Atrimitra) catalinae
"Mitra catalinae" = Mitra (Atrimitra) catalinae Dall 1919 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae
Macron lividus Adams 1855 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
"Pusula californiana" = Pseudopusula californiana
"Pusula californiana" = Pseudopusula californiana Gray 1827 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Seila montereyensis Bartsch 1907 snail
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail
"Cerithiopsis antefilosa" = Cerithiopsidella antefilosa Bartsch 1911 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Newtoniellidae
"Cerithiopsis diegensis" = Cerithiopsida diegensis
"Cerithiopsis diegensis" = Cerithiopsida diegensis Bartsch 1911 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Barleeiidae
Barleeia haliotiphila Carpenter 1864 snail
Barleeia oldroydi Bartsch 1920 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
"Alvania acutelirata" = Actonia compacta
"Alvania acutelirata" = Actonia compacta Carpenter 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
Caecum californicum Dall 1885 snail
Fartulum orcutti Dall in Orcutt 1885 snail
"Fartulum occidentale" = Fartulum dextroversum Carpenter 1857 snail
"Fartulum hemphilli" = Fartulum dextroversum Carpenter 1857 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana
"Neverita reclusiana" = Glossaulax reclusiana Deshayes 1839 moon snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepipatella lingulata Gould 1846 slipper shell
Crepidula onyx Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
Crepidula nummaria Gould 1846 slipper shell
"Crepidula coei" = Crepidula naticarum Williamson 1905 slipper shell
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824 slipper shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Opalia chacei" = Opalia borealis, "Epitonium tinctum" = Hirtoscala tincta
"Opalia chacei" = Opalia borealis Gould 1852 wentletrap
"Epitonium tinctum" = Hirtoscala tincta Carpenter 1864 wentletrap
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
"Balcis thersites" = Melanella thersites
"Balcis thersites" = Melanella thersites Carpenter 1864 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina culcitella Gould 1853 barrel-bubble
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
"Norrisia norrisi" = Norrisia norrisii
"Norrisia norrisi" = Norrisia norrisii Sowerby I 1838 snail
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
"Tricolia pulloides" = Eulithidium pulloides
"Tricolia pulloides" = Eulithidium pulloides Carpenter 1865 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma gemmulatum, "Calliostoma doliarium" = Calliostoma canaliculatum, Calliostoma ligatum, Halistylus pupoideus, "Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale, "Tegula brunnea" = Chlorostoma brunnea, "Tegula gallina" = Chlorostoma gallina
Calliostoma gemmulatum Carpenter 1864 top snail
"Calliostoma doliarium" = Calliostoma canaliculatum Lightfoot 1786 top snail
Calliostoma ligatum Gould 1849 top snail
Halistylus pupoideus Carpenter 1864 top snail
"Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale Adams 1855 top snail
"Tegula brunnea" = Chlorostoma brunnea Philippi 1849 top snail
"Tegula gallina" = Chlorostoma gallina Forbes 1850 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Pomaulax undosus" = Megastraea undosa, "Homalopoma carpenteri" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum
"Pomaulax undosus" = Megastraea undosa Wood 1828 snail
"Homalopoma carpenteri" = Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum Dall 1885 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora aspera Rathke 1833 snail
Fissurella volcano Reeve 1849 snail
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
"Haliotis cracherodi" = Haliotis cracherodii, Haliotis rufescens
"Haliotis cracherodi" = Haliotis cracherodii Leach 1814 abalone
Haliotis rufescens Swainson 1822 abalone
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia cf. io Dall and Bartsch 1909 snail
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
"Turbonilla tenuicula" = Pyrgiscus tenuiculus Gould 1853 snail
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
Odostomia virginalis Dall and Bartsch 1909 snail
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea mitra, "Acmaea limatula" = Lottia limatula, "Acmaea digitalis" = Lottia digitalis, "Acmaea pelta" = Lottia pelta, "Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa, "Acmaea asmi" = Lottia asmi, "Acmaea scabra" = Lottia scabra, "Acmaea paleacea" = Lottia paleacea, "Acmaea persona" = Lottia persona
Acmaea mitra Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
"Acmaea limatula" = Lottia limatula Carpenter 1864 limpet
"Acmaea digitalis" = Lottia digitalis Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
"Acmaea pelta" = Lottia pelta Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
"Acmaea insessa" = Lottia insessa Hinds 1842 limpet
"Acmaea asmi" = Lottia asmi Middendorff 1847 limpet
"Acmaea scabra" = Lottia scabra Gould 1846 limpet
"Acmaea paleacea" = Lottia paleacea Gould 1853 limpet
"Acmaea persona" = Lottia persona Eschesholtz 1833 limpet