Talara Tablazo: Pleistocene, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cnidaria indet.
coral
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Megabalanus tintinnabulum
var. concinnum
Balanus laevis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca tuberculosa Sowerby I 1833
recombined as Anadara tuberculosa
Arca grandis Broderip and Sowerby 1829
recombined as Larkinia grandis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea megodon Hanley 1846
recombined as Undulostrea megodon
Ostrea ? equatorialis
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
v. large
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten tumbezensis d'Orbigny 1846
recombined as Leptopecten tumbezensis
Pecten purpuratus Lamarck 1819
recombined as Argopecten purpuratus
Pecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842
recombined as Argopecten ventricosus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Glycimeris ovata
original and current combination Glycymeris
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione compta (Broderip 1835)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva peruviana Lamarck 1811
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Acanthina muricata
Thais chocolata (Duclos 1832)
recombined as Stramonita chocolata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum cymbum
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella goniostoma (Valenciennes 1832)
original and current combination Turritella gonostoma
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
irregular
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:207004
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-12-10 17:19:46 Last modified:2019-12-10 17:22:49
Access level:the public Released:2019-12-10 17:19:46
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]