Mancora Tablazo: Pleistocene, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
large whale bones and skeletons
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella goniostoma (Valenciennes 1832)
original and current combination Turritella gonostoma
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum cybum
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea ringens (Swainson 1822)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva peruviana Lamarck 1811
Olivella columellaris (Sowerby 1825)
recombined as Olivella (Pachyoliva) columellaris
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Thais chocolata (Duclos 1832)
recombined as Stramonita chocolata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus fergusoni Sowerby 1875
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissuridea inaequalis (Sowerby 1835)
recombined as Diodora inaequalis
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Glycimeris ovata
original and current combination Glycymeris
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione compta (Broderip 1835)
Cyclinella subquadrata (Hanley 1844)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus chorus Molina 1782
recombined as Choromytilus chorus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten purpuratus Lamarck 1819
recombined as Argopecten purpuratus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Ostrea longiscula
Ostrea megodon Hanley 1846
recombined as Undulostrea megodon
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca grandis Broderip and Sowerby 1829
recombined as Larkinia grandis
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus laevis
Balanus tintinabulum
var concinnum
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru
Coordinates: 4.6° South, 81.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.7° South, 81.8° West
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mancora Tablazo
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:207003
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-12-10 17:02:50 Last modified:2019-12-10 17:30:37
Access level:the public Released:2019-12-10 17:02:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

71203. T. O. Bosworth. 1922. Geology of the Quaternary Period, on a part of the Pacific Coast of Peru. In T. O. Bosworth (ed.), Geology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods in the Northwest Part of Peru Part III 143-268 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]