CAS 1431, Catarina Landing (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Baja California, Mexico (29.6° N, 115.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 91.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rosario Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CAS

Primary reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 158099: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2014, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Nostoceras sternbergi n. sp.1, "Hamites vancouverensis" = Didymoceras vancouverensis1
Nostoceras sternbergi n. sp.1 Anderson and Hanna 1935 ammonite
"Hamites vancouverensis" = Didymoceras vancouverensis1 Gabb 1864 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
"Baculites vagina" = Eubaculites vagina1, Baculites occidentalis1
"Baculites vagina" = Eubaculites vagina1 Forbes 1846 ammonite
Baculites occidentalis1 Meek 1861 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
"Parapachydiscus catarinae n. sp." = Neodesmoceras catarinae1, "Parapachydiscus ootacodensis" = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) ootacodensis1, "Parapachydiscus peninsularis n. sp." = Anapachydiscus peninsularis1
"Parapachydiscus catarinae n. sp." = Neodesmoceras catarinae1 Anderson and Hanna 1935 ammonite
"Parapachydiscus ootacodensis" = Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) ootacodensis1 Stolickzka 1865 ammonite
"Parapachydiscus peninsularis n. sp." = Anapachydiscus peninsularis1 Anderson and Hanna 1935 ammonite
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Nautilus cf. dorbignyanus" = Eutrephoceras dorbignyanum1, Nautilus campbelli1, Anglonautilus catarinae3
"Nautilus cf. dorbignyanus" = Eutrephoceras dorbignyanum1 Forbes 1846 nautiloid
Nautilus campbelli1 Meek 1861 nautiloid
Anglonautilus catarinae3 Sundberg 1984 nautiloid
Mentioned as Cymatoceras campbelli in Anderson (1958)
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella peninsularis1
Turritella peninsularis1 Anderson and Hanna 1935 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Gyrodes conradiana" = Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana1
"Gyrodes conradiana" = Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana1 Gabb 1864 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Perissolax sp.1
Perissolax sp.1 Gabb 1861 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutoderma cf. magna1
Volutoderma cf. magna1 Packard 1922 volute
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
"Turritella parallela" = Nerinella parallela1
"Turritella parallela" = Nerinella parallela1 Anderson and Hanna 1935 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua1
"Oligoptycha obliqua" = Biplica obliqua1 Gabb 1864 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Sareptidae
"Acila truncata" = Portlandia arctica1
"Acila truncata" = Portlandia arctica1 Gray 1824 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula solitaria1
Nucula solitaria1 Gabb 1869 nut clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Calva (Calva) peninsularis2
Calva (Calva) peninsularis2 Anderson and Hanna 1935 venus clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Clisocolus cordatus1
Clisocolus cordatus1 Whiteaves 1879 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp.1
Pecten sp.1 Müller 1776 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris veatchi1
1Anderson and Hanna 1935; 2Saul and Popenoe 1992; 3Sundberg 1984