Also known as SDSNH 3253
Where: Baja California, Mexico (32.5° N, 116.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 115.7° W)
When: San Diego Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Age after Boessenecker et al 2019.
Environment/lithology: marine; conglomeratic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. R. Ashby and J. A. Minch. 1984. The upper Pliocene San Diego Formation and the occurrence of Carcharodon megalodon at La Joya, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. In J. A. Minch, J. R. Ashby (eds.), Miocene and Cretaceous Depositional Environments of Northwestern Baja California, Mexico: Pacific Section AAPG Guidebook 54:19-17 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 154115: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.01.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
"Carcharodon sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias, Isurus planus
"Carcharodon sulcidens" = Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
Isurus planus Agassiz 1856 mackerel shark | |
Gastropoda | |
"Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale, "Tegula gallina" = Chlorostoma gallina, Calliostoma kerri
"Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale Adams 1855 top snail
"Tegula gallina" = Chlorostoma gallina Forbes 1850 top snail
Calliostoma kerri Arnold 1909 top snail | |
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
"Cerithidea californica" = Cerithideopsis californica
"Cerithidea californica" = Cerithideopsis californica Haldeman 1840 horn snail | |
"Calyptraea mammillaris" = Calyptraea mamillaris
"Calyptraea mammillaris" = Calyptraea mamillaris Broderip 1834 slipper shell | |
"Cancellaria tritonidea" = Euclia tritonidea
"Cancellaria tritonidea" = Euclia tritonidea Gabb 1866 snail | |
Ophiodermella graciosana Arnold 1908 turrid | |
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam | |
"Acila castrensis" = Acila (Truncacila) castrensis
"Acila castrensis" = Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Hinds 1843 divaricate nutclam | |
"Chlamys parmeleei" = Swiftopecten parmeleei, Patinopecten healeyi
"Chlamys parmeleei" = Swiftopecten parmeleei Dall 1898 scallop
Patinopecten healeyi Arnold 1906 scallop | |
Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark | |
"Protothaca tenerrima" = Callithaca tenerrima, Dosinia ponderosa, "Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum, "Chione elsmerensis" = Securella elsmerensis
"Protothaca tenerrima" = Callithaca tenerrima Carpenter 1857 venus clam
Dosinia ponderosa Gray 1838 venus clam
"Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum Mawe 1823 venus clam
"Chione elsmerensis" = Securella elsmerensis English 1914 venus clam | |
Mactra sp., "Spisula hemphilli" = Mactromeris hemphillii
Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam
"Spisula hemphilli" = Mactromeris hemphillii Dall 1894 clam | |
Siliqua lucida Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Thyasira bisecta" = Conchocele bisecta
"Thyasira bisecta" = Conchocele bisecta Conrad 1849 clam | |
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Anthozoa | |
Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill 1869 stony coral |