Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (27.8° N, 114.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° N, 113.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Salada Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Salada Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not stated in text. AGE: Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hake; reposited in the CAS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: B. Hake. REPOSITORY: LJSU, California
Primary reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1925. Pectens from the Tertiary of Lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14(1):1-35 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93882: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 05.02.2010
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