Where: Baja California, Mexico (31.5° N, 114.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 114.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta plain; unlithified mudstone and unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: P. M. Liebig, K. W. Flessa, and T. A. Taylor. 2007. Taphonomic variation despite catastrophic mortality: Analysis of a mass stranding of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), Gulf of California, Mexico. Palaios 22:384-391 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75142: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Zalophus californianus Lesson 1828 California sea lion | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Pseudorca crassidens Owen 1846 false killer whale
Tursiops truncatus Gray 1866 common bottlenose dolphin |