Mesa San Carlos: Danian, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum sp.
Lesson 1831
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea mathewsonii
Gabb 1864
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4.8 %-specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella reversa
Waring 1917
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2 %-specimens | ||||||
Turritella peninsularis
Anderson and Hanna 1935
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14.9 %-specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutocorbis crassitesta
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26.6 %-specimens | ||||||
spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutocorbis) | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Perissityidae
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Pegocomptus howardi
(Dickerson 1914)
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1.8 %-specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Polinices pinionensis
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11.1 %-specimens | ||||||
Amauropsis martinezensis
Dickerson 1914
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16.9 %-specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Mexico |
Coordinates: | 29.7° North, 115.5° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 93.9° West |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
Key time interval: | Danian | ||
Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 47948 | ||
Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | P. Wall |
Modifier: | P. Wall | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-08 17:42:43 | Last modified: | 2005-03-08 19:42:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-08 17:42:42 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
12844. | J. Helenes and M. A. Tellez-Duarte. 2002. Paleontological evidence of the Campanian to Early Paleocene paleogeography of Baja California. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 186:61-80 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall] |