Bahia la Choya, Sample 4/1: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Mexico
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Sonora |
| Coordinates: | 31.3° North, 113.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.4° North, 113.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Pleistocene (Sangamonian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Environment: | shoreface |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
| Collection size: | 237 individuals |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 52288 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 44963 | ||
| Created: | 2005-08-03 01:51:07 | Last modified: | 2005-08-03 05:11:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-03 01:51:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14065. | M. Aberhan. 1987. Diplomarbeit über das Thema Palökologie, Taphonomie und Ablagerungsraum spätpleistozäner Sedimente in der Umgebung von Bahia la Choya, nördlicher Golf von Kalifornien (Mexiko). [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Uhen] |