Cerro Colorado, Eocene (Eocene of Peru)

Where: Ica, Peru (15.5° S, 74.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.0° S, 65.8° 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 84699: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia coloradoensis n. sp. Rivera 1957 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae