Lagunillas y Punta Pejerrey 7600 m (Eocene of Peru)

Where: Ica, Peru (13.8° S, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 16.4° S, 67.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Paracas Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Primary reference: R. Rivera. 1957. Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica. Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32:165-219 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84679: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea paracasensis Rivera 1957 oyster
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Peruficus lagunitensis" = Glyptostyla lagunitensis
"Peruficus lagunitensis" = Glyptostyla lagunitensis Olsson 1929 snail