Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (24.3° N, 109.9° W: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 108.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit, which is an inlier, unconformably in contact with granites and metamorphics. AGE: Middle Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 160 feet above base of section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siltstone and poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
• COMPONENTS: Whale bones are scattered.
Preservation: original calcite
Collected by Hanna & Durham; reposited in the CAS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Hanna & Durham. REPOSITORY: CAS
Primary reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1966. Pliocene fossils from Rancho El Refugio, Baja California and Cerralvo Island, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 30(14):265-284 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96583: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Meoma sp. Gray 1851 heart urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Spondylus princeps Broderip 1833 scallop | |
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral |