Also known as Caleta Sal
Where: Piura, Peru (5.2° S, 80.6° W: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 74.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Punta Bravo Grits Member (Mancora Formation), Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• differs from typical Mancora Fm., and so called Punta Bravo grits ; basal Oligocene according to Higley 2004; Zorritos formation of Bosworth.
Environment/lithology: marine; coarse-grained, white sandstone and coarse-grained conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63) [L. Ivany/L. Ivany]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55433: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 22.10.2005, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia sp., Arca bravoensis n. sp.
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Arca bravoensis n. sp. ark | |
Ostrea miradorensis n. sp.
Ostrea miradorensis n. sp. Olsson 1931 oyster | |
Macoma lissonii n. sp.
Macoma lissonii n. sp. tellin clam | |
"Clementia peruviana n. sp." = Clementia (Egesta) peruviana, Pitaria sp.
"Clementia peruviana n. sp." = Clementia (Egesta) peruviana Olsson 1928 venus clam
Pitaria sp. Roemer 1857 venus clam | |
Spisula (Oxyperas) steinmanni n. sp. Olsson 1931 clam | |
Cyrena (Polymesoda) bravoensis n. sp. Olsson 1931 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Phos sp. Monfort 1810 true whelk | |
Peruluta mancorensis Olsson 1928 volute | |
Cymia berryi n. sp.
Cymia berryi n. sp. Olsson 1931 murex snail | |
"Cypraea (Cypraedia) chira" = Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) multicarinata
"Cypraea (Cypraedia) chira" = Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) multicarinata Dall 1890 snail | |
Bursa sp. Roding 1798 frog shell | |
Pseudofaunus bravoensis n. sp.
Pseudofaunus bravoensis n. sp. Olsson 1931 snail | |
Hannatoma tumbezi n. sp., Hannatoma gesteri
Hannatoma tumbezi n. sp. horn snail
Hannatoma gesteri Hanna and Israelsky 1925 horn snail | |
Ampullina bravoensis n. sp.
Ampullina bravoensis n. sp. Olsson 1931 snail |