Isla de Guadalupe: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
invalid subgroup of Pancrustacea
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Rissoellidae
Rissoella excolpa
Rissoella tumens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia terebellum
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817
Odostomia aepynota (Dall and Bartsch 1909)
recombined as Ividia aepynota
Odostomia navisa (Dall and Bartsch 1907)
recombined as Ividella navisa
Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) sp. (d'Orbigny 1840)
original and current combination Chemnitzia
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ellobiidae
Pedipes liratus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Heliacus sp. d'Orbigny 1842
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium sp. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetus (Thylaeodus) cf. compactus
Petaloconchus sp. Lea 1843
Petaloconchus cf. montereyensis Dall 1919
synonym of Petaloconchus compactus
Dendropoma lituella (Morch 1861)
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa californica (Hinds 1843)
synonym of Crossata ventricosa
Gastropoda - Eratoidae
Erato columbella Menke 1847
misspelling Hespererato columbella
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea cernica Sowerby 1870
recombined as Erosaria cernica
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia solandri (Sowerby 1832)
recombined as Pusula solandri
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarina taeniolata Mörch 1860
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Morula lugubris (Sowerby I 1822)
recombined as Mexacanthina lugubris
Murexiella cf. lappa (Broderip 1833)
recombined as Favartia lappa
Thais planospira
Thais biserialis (de Blainville 1832)
Purpura pansa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra rupicola
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella guttata (Sowerby 1832)
Columbella aureomexicana
Columbella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus purpurascens
Conus princeps
Conus fergusoni Sowerby 1875
Conus californicus Reeve 1844
recombined as Californiconus californicus
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Truncatellidae
Truncatella guadalupensis
Gastropoda - Barleeiidae
Barleeia haliotiphila Carpenter 1864
Barleeia subtenuis Carpenter 1864
Amphithalamus inclusus Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvinia purpurea (Dall 1871)
Alvinia oldroydae (Bartsch 1911)
recombined as Actonia oldroydae
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina keenae Rosewater 1978
recombined as Littorina (Neritrema) keenae
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix cranioides
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Homalopoma luridum Dall 1885
recombined as Homalopoma (Homalopoma) luridum
Gastropoda - Tegulidae
Tegula eiseni Jordan 1936
recombined as Agathistoma eiseni
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Tegula gallina (Forbes 1850)
recombined as Chlorostoma gallina
Norrisia norrisi (Sowerby I 1838)
recombined as Norrisia norrisii
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Tricolia sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Scissurellidae
Sinezona rimuloides (Carpenter 1865)
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella volcano Reeve 1849
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis fulgens Philippi 1845
subsp. guadalupensis
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Collisella digitalis (Eschscholtz 1833)
recombined as Lottia digitalis
Lottia gigantea Sowerby 1834
Collisella limatula (Carpenter 1864)
original and current combination Patella limatula
Collisella scabra (Gould 1846)
original and current combination Patella (Lottia) scabra
Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Callistoplacidae
Nuttallina californica (Reeve 1847)
Callistochiton palmulatus Dall 1879
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Ischnochitonidae
Lepidozona sp. Pilsbry 1892
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes adamsianus (Dunker 1857)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia reeveana (d'Orbigny 1846)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Ctena mexicana (Dall 1901)
recombined as Ctena (Ctena) mexicana
Codakia distinguenda (Tryon 1872)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione squamosa (Carpenter 1857)
recombined as Chioneryx squamosa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama squamuligera Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Lasaea sp. Brown 1827
Polychaeta
Polychaeta indet. Grube 1850
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Eucidaris thouarsi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora guadalupensis n. sp. Durham 1980
Durham 1980
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Rosalinidae
Gavelinopsis turbinata
Neoconorbina cf. terquemi Rzehaq 1888
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides fletcheri
Dyocibicides biserialis
unclassified
Astraea undosa (Wood 1828)
recombined as Megastraea undosa
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Baja California
Coordinates: 29.0° North, 118.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.0° North, 118.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
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 to 117 Ka (U/Th)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Discovery Point
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 127-117 ka (Muhs 1994)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: 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
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:89573
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2009-06-03 06:36:22 Last modified:2012-04-26 11:25:54
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-06-03 06:36:22
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]

Secondary references:

30034 J. W. Durham. 1980. A new fossil Pocillopora (coral) from Guadalupe Island, Mexico. In D. M. Power (ed.), The California Islands: Proceedings of a Multidisciplinary Symposium 63-70 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/E. Orzechowski]
19909 A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
30035 D. R. Muhs, G. L. Kennedy, and T. K. Rockwell. 1994. Uranium-series ages of marine terrace corals from the Pacific coast of north America and implications for last-interglacial sea level history. Quaternary Research 42:72-87 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]