Also known as Arthur May Coll. No. 17
Where: Peru (4.0° S, 80.3° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 72.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Parinas Sandstone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Not stated in text; Bartonian according to Olsson (1928). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
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 93766: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira, Turritella anceps
"Turritella altilira" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell
Turritella anceps Woods 1922 turret shell |