LACMIP 8068, Punta San Jose (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura gibbera Webster 1983 snail