UCMP Loc. A-9587 - Punta Cabras: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Tegula brunnea (Philippi 1849)
recombined as Chlorostoma brunnea
Tegula cf. gallina (Forbes 1850)
recombined as Chlorostoma gallina
Tegula funebralis (Adams 1855)
original and current combination Chlorostoma funebrale
Calliostoma ligatum (Gould 1849)
recombined as Calliostoma ligatus
Gastropoda - Tegulidae
Tegula ligulata
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora aspera (Rathke 1833)
Fissurella volcano Reeve 1849
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea pelta Eschscholtz 1833
recombined as Lottia pelta
Acmaea digitalis Eschscholtz 1833
recombined as Lottia digitalis
Acmaea scabra (Gould 1846)
original and current combination Patella (Lottia) scabra
Acmaea insessa (Hinds 1842)
recombined as Lottia insessa
Acmaea mitra Eschscholtz 1833
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Trimusculidae
Gadinia reticulata Sowerby 1835
recombined as Trimusculus reticulata
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium indianorum (Carpenter 1864)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula onyx Sowerby 1824
Crepidula nivea Adams 1852
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila montereyensis Bartsch 1907
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina scutulata Gould 1849
recombined as Littorina (Littorina) scutulata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices lewisi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra ? idae Melville 1893
recombined as Mitra (Atrimitra) idae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Mangelia variegata Carpenter 1864
recombined as Tenaturris variegata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra pedroana Dall 1908
recombined as Neoterebra pedroana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus californicus Reeve 1844
recombined as Californiconus californicus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Cymatosyrinx hemphilli (Stearns 1873)
recombined as Globidrillia hemphilli
Clathrodrillia incisa (Carpenter 1863)
recombined as Ophiodermella incisa
SUBSPECIES: C. incisa ophioderma, C. incisa fancherae; MISSPELT: Clathrodrilla
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius perpingus
Nassarius mendicus (Gould 1849)
recombined as Hima mendica
SUBSPECIES: N. mendicus mendicus, N. mendicus cooper
Nassarius delosi (Woodring 1946)
recombined as Caesia delosi
Nassarius fossatus (Gould 1849)
recombined as Caesia fossatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Kelletia kelleti (Forbes 1852)
recombined as Kelletia kelletii
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella carinata (Hinds 1844)
recombined as Alia carinata
Amphissa versicolor Dall 1871
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella pedroana (Conrad 1855)
recombined as Callianax pedroana
Olivella biplicata (Sowerby 1825)
recombined as Callianax biplicata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Maxwellia gemma (Sowerby 1879)
Jaton festiva (Hinds 1844)
recombined as Pteropurpura festiva
"Purpura" nuttalli
SUBSPECIES: P. nuttalli aciculiger
Acanthina lugubris (Sowerby I 1822)
recombined as Mexacanthina lugubris
Thais emarginata
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Pusula californianus (Gray 1828)
recombined as Pusula (Pusula) californiana
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa californica (Hinds 1843)
synonym of Crossata ventricosa
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus 1767)
    = Antisabia panamensis Adams 1852
Hendy 2020
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium neohexagonum Sharp and Pilsbry 1897
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acanthochitonidae
Cryptochiton stelleri (Middendorf 1847)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana taphria (Dall 1896)
recombined as Saccella taphria
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Pododesmus macrochismus (Deshayes 1839)
recombined as Pododesmus (Monia) macrochisma
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Leptopecten latiauratus (Conrad 1837)
SUBSPECIES: L. latiauratus monotimeris
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus fornicatus (Carpenter 1864)
replaced by Modiolus carpenteri
Septifer bifurcatus (Conrad 1837)
Mytilus californianus Conrad 1837
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina nuttalli Conrad 1837
recombined as Lucinisca nuttalli
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Penitella cf. penita (Conrad 1837)
Zirfaea pilsbryi Lowe 1931
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Schizothaerus nuttalli (Conrad 1837)
recombined as Tresus nuttallii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Protothaca staminea (Conrad 1837)
recombined as Leukoma staminea
Tivela stultorum (Mawe 1823)
recombined as Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum
Petricola carditoides (Conrad 1837)
recombined as Petricola (Petricola) carditoides
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium quadragenarium (Conrad 1837)
recombined as Dallocardia quadragenarium
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax gouldi (Dall 1921)
recombined as Donax (Donax) gouldii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina buttoni (Dall 1900)
original and current combination Tellina (Angulus) buttoni
Tellina bodegensis Hinds 1844
recombined as Megangulus bodegensis
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus cf. californicus (Pilsbry 1916)
original and current combination Balanus tintinnabulum californicus
SUBSPECIES: B. cf. tintinnabulum californicus
Balanus cf. nubilus Darwin 1854
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Cancer (Romaleon) antennarius (Stimpson 1856)
Nations 1975
recombined as Romaleon antennarium
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico
Coordinates: 31.3° North, 116.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.3° North, 116.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:12 feet
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Coquina in marine terrace deposits, overlying sandstone and conglomerate of the Upper Cretaceous Rossario Fm. THICKNESS: 4 ft. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Basal marine terrace deposits.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,white lithified "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: White, well-indurated, sandy coquina of broken mollusc shells. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on facies description.
Environment:shoreface
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow water, nearshore environment, bordering an open, precipitous coast.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: W.O. Addicott and W.K. Emerson (1953). REPOSITORY: University of California Museum of Paleontology.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, scaphopoda, polyplacophora, echinoidea, cirripedia, and bryozoans. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with occurrences assigned to species resolution by specialist.
Metadata
Database number:67641
Authorizer:A. Hendy, M. Clapham Enterer:A. Hendy, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-11-30 02:35:52 Last modified:2022-07-09 21:02:05
Access level:authorizer only Released:2007-05-30 02:35:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19272.1% W. O. Addicott and W. K. Emerson. 1959. Late Pleistocene Invertebrates from Punta Cabras, Baja California, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 1925:1-33 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

63217 A. J. W. Hendy. 2020. Unpublished taxonomic backbone for Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Communities of the Cenozoic (EPICC) Thematic Collections Network. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
52667decapod J. D. Nations. 1975. The genus Cancer (Crustacea: Brachyura): systematics, biogeography and fossil record. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Bulletin 23:1-104 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]