Locality 30, Bahia Tortuga - Beal (1948) (Miocene of Mexico)

Also known as Loc. 30

Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (27.7° N, 114.9° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 108.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ysidro Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• The Ysidro Formation consists of dirty-white sandstone, underlying the Comondu Formation. The formation varies in lithology from place to place and apparently becomes more tuffaceous towards the gulf coast. The formation can be subdivided into two members, a lower shale member and an upper sandstone member. Temblor beds of California also contain these species. Collection from base of Miocene series.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; white sandstone

• No paleoenvironmental data presented.
• Dirty white sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected, studied and determined by Jordan and Hertlein (1926). No known repository.

Primary reference: C. H. Beal. 1948. Reconnaissance of the geology and oil possibilities of Baja California, Mexico. Geological Society of America Memoir 31 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43807: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.08.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Representative.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten andersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni
"Pecten andersoni" = Pacipecten andersoni Arnold 1906 scallop
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis heteropleurus Agassiz 1844 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus antiquus Agassiz 1856 requiem shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838 white shark
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles rectus Agassiz 1856 mackerel shark
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Aetobatus smithii" = Rhinoptera smithi
"Aetobatus smithii" = Rhinoptera smithi Jordan and Beal 1910 cownose ray