Where: Piura, Peru (4.7° S, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 10.8° S, 107.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Saman Conglomerate Member (Saman Formation), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Saman Conglomerate of the Saman Fm, which regionally overlies the Restin Fm of the Parinas Gp (Middle Eocene). AGE: Late Eocene (p. 9), on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy. Foraminifera suggest an upper Eocene age. Olsson states that the Talara and Saman rocks can be referred to the Upper Eocene and in terms of the European section, to the Bartonian and Ludian.....respectively? STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Olsson; reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Not stated, but presumably A. Olsson. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably PRI
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52) [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88391: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Clementia peruviana" = Clementia (Egesta) peruviana, "Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) salsola n. sp." = Lamelliconcha hillii, Callocardia salvia
"Clementia peruviana" = Clementia (Egesta) peruviana Olsson 1928 venus clam
"Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) salsola n. sp." = Lamelliconcha hillii Dall 1895 venus clam
Callocardia salvia Olsson 1928 venus clam | |
"Corbula salina n. sp." = Caryocorbula salina, "Corbula boggsi n. sp." = Juliacorbula boggsi
"Corbula salina n. sp." = Caryocorbula salina Olsson 1928 clam
"Corbula boggsi n. sp." = Juliacorbula boggsi Olsson 1928 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
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"Pyrula otaria n. sp." = Ficopsis otaria
"Pyrula otaria n. sp." = Ficopsis otaria Olsson 1928 fig shell | |
Lyria sabulosa n. sp., "Voluta (Peruluta) peruviana" = Peruluta peruviana
Lyria sabulosa n. sp. Olsson 1928 volute
"Voluta (Peruluta) peruviana" = Peruluta peruviana Douvillé 1921 volute SUBSPECIES: Voluta (Peruluta) peruviana samanica
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"Alectrion terebratula n. sp." = Tritiaria terebratula, "Alectrion salina n. sp." = Nassarius salina
"Alectrion terebratula n. sp." = Tritiaria terebratula Olsson 1928 snail
"Alectrion salina n. sp." = Nassarius salina Olsson 1928 snail | |
Pseudoliva modesta n. sp.
Pseudoliva modesta n. sp. Olsson 1928 true whelk | |
"? Sconsia samanica n. sp." = Doliocassis samanica
"? Sconsia samanica n. sp." = Doliocassis samanica Olsson 1928 snail | |
"Cypraea boggsi n. sp." = Cypraeorbis boggsi
"Cypraea boggsi n. sp." = Cypraeorbis boggsi Olsson 1928 cowry | |
"Ovula negritensis n. sp." = Sphaerocypraea negritensis
"Ovula negritensis n. sp." = Sphaerocypraea negritensis Olsson 1928 snail | |
Natica (Natica) peruviana n. sp., Polinices (Polinices) woodsi n. sp.
Natica (Natica) peruviana n. sp. Olsson 1928 moon snail
Polinices (Polinices) woodsi n. sp. Olsson 1928 moon snail | |
Epitonium (Acrilla) peruvianum n. sp. Olsson 1928 wentletrap |