Also known as Locality 4x
Where: Tayabas, Philippines (13.0° N, 122.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° N, 122.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Canguinsa Sandstone Member (Vigo Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• In yellow sandstone about 50 ft stratigraphically above the lignitic strata of locality 5. Overlies Maglihi Shale (1000-2000 ft thick) and is overlain by the Malumbang Limestone (100-200 ft thick). the Canguinsa Sandstone is 500-1200 ft thick.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the CAS, UCMP
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collections held in UCB (UC- Berkeley), CAS (Cal. Acad. Sci.) and UCLA
Primary reference: W.P. Popenoe and R. M. Kleinpell. 1978. Age and stratigraphic significance for Lyellian correlation of the fauna of the Vigo Formation, Luzon, Phillipines. Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 129:1-73 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41525: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Compsodrillia ? torvita snail | |
"Dientomochilus crispatus" = Varicospira crispata
"Dientomochilus crispatus" = Varicospira crispata Sowerby 1842 snail | |
Mitra interlirata mitre shell | |
"Alectrion euglyptus" = Nassarius (Alectrion), "Alectrion verbeeki" = Nassarius (Alectrion), "? Alectrion sordida" = Nassarius (Alectrion)
"Alectrion euglyptus" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail
"Alectrion verbeeki" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail
"? Alectrion sordida" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail | |
Melongena galeodes Lamarck 1843 snail | |
Conus ngavianus cone shell
Conus kieneri cone shell
"Conus figulinus" = Conus (Dendroconus) figulinus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Terebra pamotanensis auger snail | |
Vexillum formosense ribbed mitre
Vexillum vulpecula ribbed mitre
Vexillum amanda Reeve 1845 ribbed mitre | |
Marginella ? karikalensis margin shell | |
"Apollon bitubercularis" = Gyrineum
"Apollon bitubercularis" = Gyrineum triton shell | |
Pyramidella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Architectonica perspectiva Linnaeus 1767 sundial | |
Bivalvia | |
Placamen isabellina venus clam |