Where: Peru (3.7° S, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.1° S, 74.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cenozoic (66.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic unit not stated in text. AGE: Not stated in text; assigned to Cenozoic until confirmed. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Gester in 1914; reposited in the CAS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: G. C. Gester, 1914. REPOSITORY: CAS, California
Primary reference: G. D. Hanna and M. C. Israelsky. 1925. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of Peru. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14(2):37-75 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93755: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758 |