Playa La Palmita, Mulege Fm, upper part: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pseudovermilla sp.
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites californica
Verrill 1870
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6 specimens | ||||||
| synonym of Porites panamensis | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Astrangia haimei
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189 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama mexicana
(Carpenter 1857)
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2 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Chama frondosa mexicana | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus calcifer
Carpenter 1857
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Vermetus indentatus
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99 specimens | ||||||
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Serpulorbis margaritacea
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48 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patellidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hydroides sp.
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60 specimens | ||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Spirorbis sp.
Daudin 1800
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34 specimens | ||||||
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Protula sp.
Risso 1826
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15 specimens | ||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Acanthodesia commensale
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lepraliellidae
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Celleporaria sp.
Lamouroux 1821
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27 specimens | ||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Schizoporellidae
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Schizoporella aff. japonica
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17 specimens | ||||||
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Schizoporella indet.
Hincks 1877
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11 specimens | ||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Microporellidae
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Microporella marsupiata
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus trigonus
Darwin 1854
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243 specimens | ||||||
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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 | Zone: | MIS 5e |
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mulege |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: 1.5-m-thick bed of fine- to mediumgrained carbonate sand containing abundant rhodolith debris and irregular echinoids | |
| 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: | 146275 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-06-19 22:37:40 | Last modified: | 2019-05-01 04:42:37 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-09-19 22:37:40 |
| 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] |