SDMNH 2780: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Mexico
collected by C.L. Hubbs 1969

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Collisella limatula (Carpenter 1864)
original and current combination Patella limatula
(Carpenter)
Collisella scabra (Gould 1846)
original and current combination Patella (Lottia) scabra
(Gould)
Gastropoda - Tegulidae
Tegula eiseni Jordan 1936
recombined as Agathistoma eiseni
Jordan
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Tricolia sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Norrisia norrisi (Sowerby I 1838)
recombined as Norrisia norrisii
Sowerby
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella volcano Reeve 1849
Reeve
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis fulgens Philippi 1845
Talmadge; subspecies guadalupensis
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Scissurellidae
Sinezona rimuloides (Carpenter 1865)
(Carpenter)
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvinia purpurea (Dall 1871)
(Dall
Alvinia oldroydae (Bartsch 1911)
recombined as Actonia oldroydae
(Bartsche
Gastropoda - Barleeiidae
Amphithalamus inclusus Lozouet 1998
Carpenter
Barleeia subtenuis Carpenter 1864
Carpenter
Barleeia haliotiphila Carpenter 1864
Carpenter
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Rissoellidae
Rissoella excolpa
Bartsch
Rissoella tumens
(Carpenter)
unclassified
Astraea undosa (Wood 1828)
recombined as Megastraea undosa
(Wood)
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Baja California
Coordinates: 29.0° North, 118.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.0° North, 118.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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
Age estimate:127 ± 4 to 117 ± 3 Ka (U/Th)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Discovery Point
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 127-117 ka age (Marine Isotope Substage 5e) for corals that were directly dated from localities SDMNH 0633 (UCMP D1547), 0644, and 2465 (Muhs 1994); dates are inferred to apply to the rest of the Discovery Point Formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified conglomerate
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: Discovery Point Formation: coarsely clastic sediments that grade laterally from conglomerate, locally with pebbles of volcanic origin, to a biostrome formed chiefly of coral fragments and mollusk shells.
Environment:perireef or subreef
Glacial or sequence phase:interglacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:SDSM
Collectors:C.L. Hubbs Collection dates:1969
Metadata
Database number:194430
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:E. Orzechowski
Modifier:E. Orzechowski Research group:marine invertebrate
Subset of collection #:84573
Created:2018-06-19 18:45:18 Last modified:2018-06-19 19:32:38
Access level:the public Released:2018-06-19 18:45:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30033. D. R. Lindberg, B. Roth, M. G. Kellogg and C. L. Hubbs. 1980. Invertebrate megafossils of Pleistocene (Sangamon Interglacial) age from Isla de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico. In D. M. Power (ed.), The California Islands: Proceedings of a Multidisciplinary Symposium 41-70 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/P. Wagner]