1389 CIT - Bahay River [Canguinsa Sandstone, Vigo Fm] (Pliocene of Philippines)

Also known as LACMIP Loc. 10608

Where: Tayabas, Philippines (13.0° N, 122.0° E: paleocoordinates 12.9° N, 122.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Canguinsa Sandstone Member (Vigo Formation), Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Blue gray sandy marls. Overlies Maglihi Shale (1000-2000 ft thick) and is overlain by the Malumbang Limestone (100-200 ft thick). the Canguinsa Sandstone is 500-1200 ft thick.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• Disturbed by minor faulting
• Gritty sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by Popenoe, Pomania, and Albis (1937)

Primary reference: W.P. Popenoe and R. M. Kleinpell. 1978. Age and stratigraphic significance for Lyellian correlation of the fauna of the Vigo Formation, Luzon, Phillipines. Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 129:1-73 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41531: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for mollusca. Forams, algae, mammals also mentioned in text, but not listed.
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