CASG Loc. 11767 - San Ignacio Lagoon (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (26.9° N, 113.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.9° N, 112.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Pleistocene; justification not provided in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but likely from a shallow marine siliciclastic facies.
• LITHOLOGY: Not reported in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CAS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: California Academy of Sciences, Department of Geology.

Primary reference: P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 130900: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.07.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Sincola (Dorsina) gibberula Sowerby 1832 snail
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Encope grandis Agassize 1841 sand dollar