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Locality 22, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Lat/Long (Decimal)27.1667,-113.283
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationBaja California Sur, Mexico
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Locality 22, Arroyo San Angel - Beal (1948)Beal C. H. (1948)Ysidro - LowerThe Ysidro Formation consists of dirty-white sandstone, underlying the Comondu Formation. The formation varies in lithology from place to place and apparently becomes more tuffaceous towards the gulf coast. The formation can be subdivided into two members, a lower shale member and an upper sandstone member.sandstone23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Concavus concavus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Sessilia : Balanidae : Concavus : Concavus concavus23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Sirenia
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Echinoidea
class
Animalia : Echinodermata : Protocidaris : Echinoidea23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Arca sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Arca23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Glycymeris sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Cardium sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardium23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Phacoides sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Phacoides23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Mytilus sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Mytilus23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Euvola keepi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Euvola : Euvola keepi23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Chionopsis : Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Securella securis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Securella : Securella securis23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Turritella sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Turritella (Broderiptella) sp.
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Turritellidae : Turritella : Turritella (Broderiptella)23.03 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene

References

Beal C. H. (1948) Reconnaissance of the geology and oil possibilities of Baja California, Mexico, Geological Society of America Memoir 31
Domning D. P. (1978) Sirenian evolution in the North Pacific Ocean, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 118, 1-176
Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions
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