Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (24.8° N, 111.7° W: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 110.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit; mapped as Ysidro Fm, but also referred to as Salada Fm; not resolved by enterer. AGE: Middle Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From multiple beds.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siltstone and poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

• COMPONENTS: Whale bones are scattered.

Preservation: original calcite

Reposited in the CAS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors from the CAS. REPOSITORY: CAS

Primary reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1966. Pliocene fossils from Rancho El Refugio, Baja California and Cerralvo Island, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 30(14):265-284 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96580: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.06.2010

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