Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (24.8° N, 111.7° W: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 110.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit; mapped as Ysidro Fm, but also referred to as Salada Fm; not resolved by enterer. AGE: Middle Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From silty and sandy beds from unknown position within sequence.
• 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
Reposited in the CAS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors from the CAS. 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 96576: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula cf. arenata slipper shell | |
Turritella cf. gonostoma Valenciennes 1832 turret shell | |
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail | |
Malea ringenss tun shell |