Also known as SDSNH 3254
Where: Baja California, Mexico (32.5° N, 116.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 116.0° W)
When: San Diego Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; conglomeratic shale
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
PaleoDB collection 154116: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.01.2014, edited by Austin Hendy
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea erici" = Pycnodonte erici
"Ostrea erici" = Pycnodonte erici Hertlein 1929 oyster | |
"Cyclocardia ventricosa" = Coanicardita ventricosa
"Cyclocardia ventricosa" = Coanicardita ventricosa Gould 1850 clam | |
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Dosinia ponderosa Gray 1838 venus clam
Chione kanakoffi venus clam | |
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria
"Nuculana taphria" = Saccella taphria Dall 1896 pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella cooperi Carpenter 1864 turret shell | |
Megasurcula carpenteriana Gabb 1866 turrid | |
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
Thais transcosana murex snail
Thais sp. Röding 1798 murex snail
Nucella lamellosa Gmelin 1791 murex snail | |
Crepidula princeps Conrad 1855 slipper shell |