Punta del Cielo (Eocene to of Peru)
Also known as La Catedral, 95DV 839
Where: Peru (13.9° S, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 16.2° S, 69.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Otuma Formation, Priabonian to Priabonian (38.0 - 28.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone and siltstone
• fine-grained sandstones and siltstones
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 206257: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.11.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
"Turritella paracasensis" = Cristispira paracasensis, Turritella lagunillasensis
"Turritella paracasensis" = Cristispira paracasensis Rivera 1957 turret shell
Turritella lagunillasensis Rivera 1957 turret shell | |