Paracas-Otuma Road (Eocene of Peru)

Also known as 95DV 825

Where: Peru (13.9° S, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 16.3° S, 68.8° W)

When: Otuma Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. J. DeVries. 1998. Oligocene deposition and Cenozoic sequence boundaries in the Pisco Basin (Peru). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 11(3):217-231 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 206255: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.11.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella woodsi Lisson 1925 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula paracasensis Rivera 1957 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita newelli Rivera 1957 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster