Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (24.3° N, 109.9° W: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 108.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit, which is an inlier, unconformably in contact with granites and metamorphics. AGE: Middle Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 160 feet above base of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siltstone and poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

• COMPONENTS: Whale bones are scattered.

Preservation: original calcite

Collected by Hanna & Durham; reposited in the CAS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Hanna & Durham. REPOSITORY: CAS

Primary reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1966. Pliocene fossils from Rancho El Refugio, Baja California and Cerralvo Island, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 30(14):265-284 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96583: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.06.2010

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