PU 1300-2 - 1.6 km north and 3.7 km east of intersection of Cajiloa Creek: Thanetian, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices (Euspira) cf. hotsoni
(Weaver and Palmer 1922)
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Polinices (Polinices) saulae
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Lacunaria carrenoae n. sp.
Perrilliat 2013
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| PU loc. 1300-1 | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Propustularia cf. simiensis
(Nelson 1925)
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| recombined as Protocypraea simiensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Popenoeum maritimus
Squires et al. 1989
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Squires et al. 1989 | |||||||||
| as Popenoeum maritimus bajaensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cymatiidae
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Ranella cf. cowlitzensis
Weaver 1912
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| PU loc. 1300-1 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Baja |
| Coordinates: | 29.8° North, 115.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.3° North, 96.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 350 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Thanetian | Foram zone: | Globorotalia pseudomenardii |
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sepultura | ||||
| Regional section: | Cajiloa Creek | Regional bed: | 245 m | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Locality is 5 m stratigraphically above localities PU 1305, 1306, and 1307. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: interbedded fine grained, thinly bedded, micaceous sandstones and shales | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176457 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner, J. Marcot | Enterer: | P. Wagner, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-12 14:16:38 | Last modified: | 2019-10-11 15:28:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-12 14:16:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58068. | M. d. C. Perrilliat. 2013. Fossil gastropods from the Late Paleocene Sepultura Formation, Baja California, Mexico. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palaeontologie - Abhandlungen 268(2):127-148 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 58870 | R. L. Squires, W. J. Zinsmeister, and L. M. Paredes-Mejia. 1989. Popenoeum, a New Pseudolivine Gastropod Genus: Widespread and Most Diversified during the Paleocene. Journal of Paleontology 63(2):212-217 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |