UCMP Loc. A-9713 - Punta Cabras (Pleistocene of Mexico)
Where: Mexico (31.3° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 116.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Sandstone containing reworked Rossario Fm (Cretaceous) near base, exposed as wave-cut platform. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within unit.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal, conglomeratic, calcareous sandstone and lithified conglomerate
• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow water, nearshore environment, bordering an open, precipitous coast.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Abundantly fossiliferous calcareous sandstone containing well-rounded cobbles and boulders. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on facies description and adjacent collection.
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: quarrying,
• COLLECTOR: W.K. Emerson (1953). REPOSITORY: University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Primary reference: W. O. Addicott and W. K. Emerson. 1959. Late Pleistocene Invertebrates from Punta Cabras, Baja California, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 1925:1-33 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67643: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.11.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, scaphopoda, polyplacophora, echinoidea, cirripedia, and bryozoans. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with occurrences assigned to species resolution by specialist.
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam | |
|
Zirfaea pilsbryi Lowe 1931 clam | |
|
Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam | |
"Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii
"Schizothaerus nuttalli" = Tresus nuttallii Conrad 1837 clam | |
"Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides, "Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea
"Petricola carditoides" = Petricola (Petricola) carditoides Conrad 1837 venus clam
"Protothaca staminea" = Leukoma staminea Conrad 1837 venus clam | |
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis
"Tellina bodegensis" = Megangulus bodegensis Hinds 1844 tellin clam | |
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli
"Lucina nuttalli" = Lucinisca nuttalli Conrad 1837 clam | |
|
Mytilus californianus Conrad 1837 mussel | |
|
| |
|
Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864 oyster | |
| Scaphopoda | |
|
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897 tusk shell | |
| Gastropoda | |
|
Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824 slipper shell | |
|
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
|
Lamellaria cf. diegoensis Dall 1885 snail | |
"Acanthina lugubris" = Mexacanthina lugubris, "Acanthina spirata" = Acanthinucella spirata, Thais emarginata
"Acanthina lugubris" = Mexacanthina lugubris Sowerby I 1822 murex snail
"Acanthina spirata" = Acanthinucella spirata Blainville 1832 murex snail
Thais emarginata murex snail | |
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus
"Conus californicus" = Californiconus californicus Reeve 1844 cone shell | |
"Terebra pedroana" = Neoterebra pedroana
"Terebra pedroana" = Neoterebra pedroana Dall 1908 auger snail | |
"Clathrodrillia incisa" = Ophiodermella incisa, "Cymatosyrinx hemphilli" = Globidrillia hemphilli
"Clathrodrillia incisa" = Ophiodermella incisa Carpenter 1863 turrid SUBSPECIES: C. incisa ophioderma, C. incisa fancherae; MISSPELT: Clathrodrilla
"Cymatosyrinx hemphilli" = Globidrillia hemphilli Stearns 1873 turrid | |
|
Pseudomelatoma torsa snail | |
"Olivella pedroana" = Callianax pedroana, "Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata
"Olivella pedroana" = Callianax pedroana Conrad 1855 olive snail
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail | |
"Kelletia kelleti" = Kelletia kelletii, Amphissa versicolor, Mitrella tuberosa, "Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata, Nassarius perpingus, "Nassarius mendicus" = Hima mendica, "Nassarius fossatus" = Caesia fossatus, "Nassarius delosi" = Caesia delosi, "Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata, "Littorina planaxis" = Littorina (Neritrema) keenae
"Kelletia kelleti" = Kelletia kelletii Forbes 1852 true whelk
Amphissa versicolor Dall 1871 true whelk
Mitrella tuberosa Carpenter 1864 true whelk
"Mitrella carinata" = Alia carinata Hinds 1844 dovesnail SUBSPECIES: M. carinata carinata, M. carinata gausapata
Nassarius perpingus true whelk
"Nassarius mendicus" = Hima mendica Gould 1849 true whelk
"Nassarius fossatus" = Caesia fossatus Gould 1849 true whelk
"Nassarius delosi" = Caesia delosi Woodring 1946 true whelk
"Littorina scutulata" = Littorina (Littorina) scutulata Gould 1849 periwinkle
"Littorina planaxis" = Littorina (Neritrema) keenae Rosewater 1978 periwinkle | |
|
Polinices ? lewisi moon snail | |
"Opalia wroblewskyi" = Opalia borealis
| |
"Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale
"Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale Adams 1855 top snail | |
Acmaea mitra, "Acmaea pelta" = Lottia pelta, "Acmaea digitalis" = Lottia digitalis, "Acmaea scabra" = Lottia scabra
Acmaea mitra Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
"Acmaea pelta" = Lottia pelta Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
"Acmaea digitalis" = Lottia digitalis Eschscholtz 1833 limpet
"Acmaea scabra" = Lottia scabra Gould 1846 limpet | |
"Gadinia reticulata" = Trimusculus reticulata
"Gadinia reticulata" = Trimusculus reticulata Sowerby 1835 button snail | |