Playa La Palmita, Mulege Fm, upper part (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Where: Mexico (27.1° N, 112.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MIS 5e zone, Mulege Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

• 1.5-m-thick bed of fine- to mediumgrained carbonate sand containing abundant rhodolith debris and irregular echinoids

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. G. Baarli, A. Santos, C. M. Silva, J. Ledesma-Vazquez, E. Mayoral, M. Cachao, and M. E. Johnson. 2012. Diverse Macroids and Rhodoliths from the Upper Pleistocene of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Coastal Research 28(1):296-305 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 146275: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 19.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pseudovermilla sp.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Astrangia haimei
Astrangia haimei stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Porites californica" = Porites panamensis
"Porites californica" = Porites panamensis Verrill 1866 stony coral
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus trigonus
Balanus trigonus Darwin 1854 barnacle
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Protula sp., Spirorbis sp.
Protula sp. Risso 1826
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Hydroides sp.
Gastropoda
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patellidae indet.
Patellidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 limpet
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetus indentatus, Serpulorbis margaritacea
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus calcifer
Spondylus calcifer Carpenter 1857 scallop
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Chama mexicana" = Chama frondosa mexicana
"Chama mexicana" = Chama frondosa mexicana Carpenter 1857 jewel box
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Acanthodesia commensale
 Cheilostomata - Microporellidae
Microporella marsupiata
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Schizoporella aff. japonica, Schizoporella indet.
Schizoporella indet. Hincks 1877
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Celleporaria sp.
Celleporaria sp. Lamouroux 1821