ammonites
L.S.J.U. Loc. 48, Scammon Lagoon [Salada Fm] (Pliocene of Mexico)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone with occasional conglomerate. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

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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