Also known as LACMIP loc. 25431
Where: Baja California, Mexico (31.5° N, 116.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 93.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rosario Formation, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Rosario Fm. Cretaceous, early Maastrichtian.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: L. R. Saul. 1988. Latest Cretaceous and Early Tertiary Tudiclidae and Melongenidae (Gastropoda) From the Pacific Slope of North-America. Journal of Paleontology 62(6):880-889 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 220452: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 01.06.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Murphitys madonna Popenoe and Saul 1987 snail | |
Rapopsis joseana Saul 1988 snail |