El Cardon (Paleocene of Mexico)
Where: Baja California, Mexico (28.9° N, 114.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 94.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sepultura Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
• unlithified or poorly lithified based on preservation of figured type specimen
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by D. L. Fife in 1967; reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: C. D. Wagner. 1972. A new Paleocene phymosomatoid echinoid from Baja California. Journal of Paleontology 46(5):651-655 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90059: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.07.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bryozoa | |
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
| Polychaeta | |
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Spiroglyphus sp. Daudin 1800 | |
| Bivalvia | |
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| Echinoidea | |
Porosoma fifei n. sp.
Porosoma fifei n. sp. Wagner 1972 sea urchin | |