Also known as SDSNH 3253
Where: Baja California, Mexico (32.5° N, 116.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 115.7° W)
When: San Diego Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Age after Boessenecker et al 2019.
Environment/lithology: marine; conglomeratic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. R. Ashby and J. A. Minch. 1984. The upper Pliocene San Diego Formation and the occurrence of Carcharodon megalodon at La Joya, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. In J. A. Minch, J. R. Ashby (eds.), Miocene and Cretaceous Depositional Environments of Northwestern Baja California, Mexico: Pacific Section AAPG Guidebook 54:19-17 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 154115: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.01.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Paracyathus stearnsii Verrill 1869 stony coral | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam | |
"Acila castrensis" = Acila (Truncacila) castrensis
"Acila castrensis" = Acila (Truncacila) castrensis Hinds 1843 divaricate nutclam | |
"Chlamys parmeleei" = Swiftopecten parmeleei, Patinopecten healyi
"Chlamys parmeleei" = Swiftopecten parmeleei Dall 1898 scallop
Patinopecten healyi scallop | |
Anadara trilineata Conrad 1856 ark | |
Siliqua lucida Conrad 1837 clam | |
Mactra sp., "Spisula hemphilli" = Mactromeris hemphillii
Mactra sp. Linnaeus 1767 clam
"Spisula hemphilli" = Mactromeris hemphillii Dall 1894 clam | |
Dosinia ponderosa, "Protothaca tenerrima" = Callithaca tenerrima, Chione elesmerensis, "Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum
Dosinia ponderosa Gray 1838 venus clam
"Protothaca tenerrima" = Callithaca tenerrima Carpenter 1857 venus clam
Chione elesmerensis venus clam
"Tivela stultorum" = Tivela (Pachydesma) stultorum Mawe 1823 venus clam | |
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam | |
"Thyasira bisecta" = Conchocele bisecta
"Thyasira bisecta" = Conchocele bisecta Conrad 1849 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Calyptraea mammillaris" = Calyptraea mamillaris
"Calyptraea mammillaris" = Calyptraea mamillaris Broderip 1834 slipper shell | |
"Cancellaria tritonidea" = Euclia tritonidea
"Cancellaria tritonidea" = Euclia tritonidea Gabb 1866 snail | |
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata
"Olivella biplicata" = Callianax biplicata Sowerby 1825 olive snail | |
Ophiodermella graciosana Arnold 1908 turrid | |
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
"Cerithidea californica" = Cerithideopsis californica
"Cerithidea californica" = Cerithideopsis californica Haldeman 1840 horn snail | |
"Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale, "Tegula gallina" = Chlorostoma gallina, Calliostoma kerri
"Tegula funebralis" = Chlorostoma funebrale Adams 1855 top snail
"Tegula gallina" = Chlorostoma gallina Forbes 1850 top snail
Calliostoma kerri Arnold 1909 top snail | |
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
Isurus plana mackerel shark | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray |