Playa La Palmita, Mulege Fm, firm-ground: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Astrangia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico
Coordinates: 27.1° North, 112.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.1° North, 112.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mulege
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: sand about 0.6 m thick capped by a 5-cm thick firm-ground
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:146274
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-06-19 22:18:06 Last modified:2013-06-19 07:53:59
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-09-19 22:18:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
47251. B. G. Baarli, A. Santos, C. M. Silva, J. Ledesma-Vazquez, E. Mayoral, M. Cachao, and M. E. Johnson. 2012. Diverse Macroids and Rhodoliths from the Upper Pleistocene of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Coastal Research 28(1):296-305 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]