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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Cucullaea mathewsonii Gabb 1864 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Volutocorbis crassitesta" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis crassitesta" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute | |
Pegocomptus howardi Dickerson 1914 true whelk | |
Amauropsis martinezensis Dickerson 1914 moon snail
Polinices pinionensis moon snail | |
Turritella peninsularis Anderson and Hanna 1935 turret shell
Turritella reversa Waring 1917 turret shell |