Also known as Arthur May Coll. 10

Where: Peru (4.6° S, 81.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.4° S, 95.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene to Oligocene (33.9 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic unit not stated in text. AGE: Not stated in text; Heath Shale = Late Oligocene; assigned to Oligocene-Miocene until confirmed. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Transition zone between Heath Shales and Trigal Sandstone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by May; reposited in the CAS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: A. May, C. 1910's. 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 93762: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.02.2010

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