Tirabuzon Fm., Loc.81/1198: Pliocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys dallasi Jordan and Hertlein 1926
Leopecten bakeri (Hanna and Hertlein 1927)
Nodipecten subnodosus (Sowerby 1836)
Chlamys corteziana Durham 1950
Chlamys opuntia (Dall 1898)
Patinopecten sp. (Dall 1898)
Argopecten circularis (Sowerby 1835)
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Baja
Coordinates: 27.4° North, 112.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.1° North, 110.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:60 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Pliocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tirabuzon
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified mudstone
Secondary lithology: unlithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:paralic indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:66170
Authorizer:S. Peters Enterer:S. Peters
Modifier:S. Peters Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-10-03 12:56:49 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-10-03 12:56:49
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
18955. S. A. Quiroz-Barroso and M.C. Perrilliat. 1989. Pectinidos del Plioceno del area de Santa Rosalia, Baja California sur. Paleontologia Mexicana (53)1-79 [S. Peters/S. Peters]