Where: Baja California, Mexico (31.5° N, 116.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 87.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rosario Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: W. P. Elder and L. R. Saul. 1996. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Coniacian through Maastrichtian Anchura (Gastropoda; Aporrhaiidae) of the North American Pacific slope. Journal of Paleontology 70(3):381-399 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185187: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Anchura gibbera Webster 1983 snail |