CSUN Loc. 1470 [Bateque Fm]: Ypresian, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Oligopygidae
Haimea bajasurensis n. sp. Squires and Demetrion 1994
Squires and Demetrion 1994
Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas ? sp. Gray 1825
both Echinolampas sp. a and Echinolampas sp. b
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster sp. Agassiz 1835
schizaster sp. aff. S. lecontei
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus batequensis n. sp. Squires and Demetrion 1992
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula batequensis n. sp. Squires and Demetrion 1992
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte bajaensis Squires and Demetrion 1990
Pycnodonte pacifica Squires and Demetrion 1990
recombined as Phygraea pacifica
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna llajasensis Squires 1983
collected as float
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar joaquinensis Vokes 1939
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solena novacularis Anderson and Hanna 1925
recombined as Solena (Eosolen) novacularis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander ? sp. Monfort 1810
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Cylichnina tantilla (Anderson and Hanna 1925)
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Velates perversus (Gmelin 1791)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella uvasana Conrad 1855
s.s.
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gyrodes ? sp. Conrad 1860
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes tabulatus (Dickerson 1913)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
? Olivella mathewsonii Gabb 1864
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyrischapa lajollaensis (Hanna 1927)
Gastropoda - Seraphsidae
Paraseraphs erraticus (Cooper 1894)
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Platyoptera pacifica Squires and Demetrion 1990
? in locality data
Rimella supraplicata (Gabb 1864)
Squires 2013
Ectinochilus sp. Cossmann 1889
synonym of Rimella
Ectinochilus sp. cf. E. macilentus
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Galeodea sp. Link 1807
Gastropoda - Cymatiidae
Olequahia domenginica (Vokes 1939)
original and current combination Ranella domenginica
Asterocyclinidae
Pseudophragmina clarki (Cushman 1920)
? in locality data
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Baja California
Coordinates: 26.5° North, 112.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.7° North, 96.2° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Capay
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bateque
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: This collection is from section 2 of the author's four section division of the formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,bioturbation,shelly/skeletal,yellow poorly lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 90 m thick shallow-marine deposits that...consist of bioturbated and parallel-laminated, yellow, very fine-grained sandstone (75%) with many interbedded lenses (25%) filled with abundant macrofossils. lenses are described as poorly sorted coquinas.
Environment:transition zone/lower shoreface
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:LACM
Metadata
Database number:5506
Authorizer:A. Miller, J. Alroy, M. Uhen Enterer:K. Layou, A. Doyle, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-10-08 08:50:53 Last modified:2019-05-24 11:44:14
Access level:the public Released:1999-10-08 08:50:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

322. R. L. Squires and R. A. Demetrion. 1992. Paleontology of the Eocene Bateque Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 434:1-55 [A. Miller/K. Layou]

Secondary references:

49270 R. L. Squires. 2013. West Coast North America record of the Paleogene marine stromboid gastropod Rimella and paleobiogeography of the genus. Journal of Paleontology 87(5):826-841 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Uhen]
38764 R. L. Squires and R. A. Demetrion. 1994. A New Species of the Oligopygoid Echinoid Haimea from the Lower Eocene of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 68(4):846-851 [J. Alroy/A. Doyle/M. Uhen]