Where: Peru (4.0° S, 80.3° W: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 69.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Negritos Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic unit not stated in text; possibly from Negritos Fm. AGE: Not stated in text; Negritos Fm=Early Eocene. 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 93756: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella negritosensis Woods 1922 turret shell |