El Rosario Arriba (Pliocene of Mexico)
Also known as UCMP V6225
Where: Baja California, Mexico (30.1° N, 115.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 114.8° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• unnamed terrace deposit
Environment/lithology: marine; white, sandy conglomerate
• white flay-lying sandy conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: D. P. Domning. 1978. Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 118:1-176 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 52229: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.08.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Lyropecten cerrosensis, "Swiftopecten swiftii" = Chlamys (Swiftopecten) swifti
Lyropecten cerrosensis Gabb 1866 scallop
"Swiftopecten swiftii" = Chlamys (Swiftopecten) swifti Bernardi 1858 scallop | |
Mammalia | |
Hydrodamalis cuestae Domning 1978 Cuesta sea cow |