Punta San Carlos: Chattian, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Chaeomysticeti indet.
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Desmostylidae
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Cornwallius sp.
Hay 1923
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Baja California Sur |
| Coordinates: | 25.3° North, 111.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.1° North, 102.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | El Cien | Member: | San Hilario |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Punta San Telmo Local Fauna | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 1578 IGM-3688; IGM 2520 | ||
| Database number: | 66428 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-10-09 08:17:01 | Last modified: | 2014-08-05 10:30:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-09 08:17:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18985. | S. P. Applegate. 1986. The El Cien Formation, Strata of Oligocene and early Miocene age in Baja California Sur. Revista 6(2):145-162 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 52088 | L. G. Barnes. 2002. Evolutionary history of the fossil marine mammals of Mexico. In M. M. Ballesteros, J. A. Cabrales (eds.), Advances en los Estudios Paleomastozoologicos en Mexico 125-225 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 62125 | A. E. Hernández Cisneros, G. González Barba, and R. E. Fordyce. 2017. Oligocene cetaceans from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 69(1):149-173 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 24362 | V. L. VanderHoof. 1942. An occurrence of the Tertiary marine mammal Cornwallius in lower California. American Journal of Science 240:298-301 [B. Beatty/B. Beatty] |