Also known as Loc. 15

Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (28.9° N, 114.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 93.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tepetate Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• Paleocene and Eocene series are named the Tepetate Formation in Baja California. The strata probably underlie a large part of the region covered by latter rocks, the uppermost beds lapping over the edges of the older formations and lying on the granite of the main range. Unclear whether Paleocene (Smith's suggestion that the fauna is similar to the Martinez), or Eocene (Stewart's opinion). Paleocene chosen by enterer for consistency.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; fine-grained, yellow siltstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collected by Smith. Collection studied and determined by Smith and R. Stewart. No known repository.

Primary reference: C. H. Beal. 1948. Reconnaissance of the geology and oil possibilities of Baja California, Mexico. Geological Society of America Memoir 31 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 43755: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.08.2004

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