B-1395, Punta La Cholla: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Mexico
collected by Emerson & Loring 1954
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo fluctuosus
Wood 1828
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recombined as Turbo (Callopoma) fluctuosus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Tegulidae
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Tegula cf. mariana
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Tegula rugosa
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Tegula rubroflammulata
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus galeatus
Swainson 1823
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Olivella cf. dama
(Mawe 1828)
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Oliva incrassata
(Lightfoot 1786)
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Oliva spicata
Durham 1950
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Solenosteira cf. pallida
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius cf. leucops
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus cf. regularis
Sowerby 1841
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex radix
Gmelin 1791
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SUBSPECIES: Murex radix nigritus | ||||||||||
= Muricanthus nigritus
Philippi 1845
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Keen 1971 | |||||||||
Acanthina angelica
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Acanthina muricata
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SUBSPECIES: Acanthina muricata tuberculata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea cf. annettae
Dall 1909
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recombined as Pseudozonaria annettae | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices reclusianus
(Deshayes 1839)
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recombined as Glossaulax reclusiana | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Aletes sp.
Carpenter 1857
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synonym of Serpulorbis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Nerita scabricosta
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia peruviana
d'Orbigny 1846
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten circularis
Sowerby 1835
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= Argopecten ventricosus
Sowerby 1842
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Coan et al. 2000 | |||||||||
Pecten vogdesi
(Arnold 1906)
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recombined as Euvola vogdesi | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea palmula
(Carpenter 1857)
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recombined as Saccostrea palmula | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga sp.
Röding 1798
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Modiolus capax
(Conrad 1837)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia distinguenda
(Tryon 1872)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama frondosa
Broderip 1835
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SUBSPECIES: Chama frondosa mexicana | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Megapitaria squalida
(Sowerby 1833)
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Dosinia ponderosa
(Gray 1838)
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Chione cf. californiensis
(Broderip and Sowerby I 1835)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium procerum
Sowerby 1833
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recombined as Mexicardia procera | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Tagelus californianus
(Conrad 1837)
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recombined as Tagelus (Tagelus) californianus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Apolymetis cf. cognata
Pilsbry and Vanatta 1902
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recombined as Leporimetis cognata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele flavescens
(Gould 1851)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Glans affinis
(Sowerby 1823)
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recombined as Carditamera affinis | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Glans affinis californica | ||||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Microporidae
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Caleschara mexicana
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Electridae
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Conopeum commensale
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Hippoporidridae
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Hippopodinella adpressa
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synonym of Odontoporella | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Eriphiidae
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Eriphia squamata
Stimpson 1859
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus cf. amphitite
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Tetraclitidae
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Tetraclita squamosa
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Mellitidae
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Encope sp.
Agassiz 1840
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
(Müller 1846)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Sonora |
Coordinates: | 31.3° North, 113.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.3° North, 113.5° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit, which unconformably overlies granitic rocks. AGE: Late Pleistocene, on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Poorly-cemented fossiliferous sandstone, 4 to 10 feet in thickness and overlain by 2 to 10 feet of conglomerate, outcropping in terrace face. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandstone |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Poorly-cemented fossiliferous sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of facies description. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Emerson & Loring | Collection dates: | 1954 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: W. K. Emerson and A. P. Loring, 1954. REPOSITORY: Unknown, possible SDNHM. | |||
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Not an authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications |
Metadata
Database number: | 96557 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2010-06-12 12:03:05 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-06-12 12:03:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
32777. | L. G. Hertlein. 1956. Marine Pleistocene Invertebrates from near Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 12(8):154-176 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
18663 | E. V. Coan, P. V. Scott, and F. R. Bernard. 2000. Bivalve seashells of western North America. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2:1-764 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Uhen] | |
32800 | A. M. Keen. 1971. Sea Shells of Tropical West America 1-1064 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |