Also known as Arthur May Coll. 19
Where: Peru (3.7° S, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 4.9° S, 76.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zorritos Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic unit not stated in text. AGE: Not stated in text; Zorritos Fm = Early Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Lower Zorritos Fm.
• 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 93770: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Crassatellites (Scambula) nelsoni" = Hybolophus nelsoni, "Crassatellites pizarroi n. sp." = Hybolophus nelsoni
"Crassatellites (Scambula) nelsoni" = Hybolophus nelsoni Grzybowski 1899 clam
"Crassatellites pizarroi n. sp." = Hybolophus nelsoni Grzybowski 1899 clam |