Mesa San Carlos (Paleocene of Mexico)

Where: Mexico (29.7° N, 115.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 93.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Helenes and M. A. Tellez-Duarte. 2002. Paleontological evidence of the Campanian to Early Paleocene paleogeography of Baja California. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 186:61-80 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 47948: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 08.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864 clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis crassitesta" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis crassitesta" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pegocomptus howardi Dickerson 1914 true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Amauropsis martinezensis Dickerson 1914 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella peninsularis Anderson and Hanna 1935 turret shell
Turritella reversa Waring 1917 turret shell