Zorritos [Cardalitos Fm]: Middle Miocene, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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| "Nassa - Euthria- like gastropod | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica (Architectonica) sexlinearis
(Nelson 1870)
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| synonym of Architectonica nobilis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cf. infracarinata
Grzybowski 1899
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| recombined as Turritella (Turritella) infracarinata | ||||||||||
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Turritella filicincta
Spieker 1922
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Turritella altilira
Conrad 1857
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| recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira | ||||||||||
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Turritella abrupta
(Spieker 1922)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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Sinum sp.
Röding 1798
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Northia guttifera
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Thaisidae
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Acanthina (Chorus) solida
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| original and current combination Chorus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus (Dendroconus) bravoi
(Spieker 1922)
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| recombined as Conus bravoi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus cf. peruviana
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana (Saccella) acutisinuata
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| original and current combination Saccella | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea latiareata
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca (Diluvarca) dariensis
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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| recombined as Anadara (Rasia) dariensis | ||||||||||
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Arca (Diluvarca) colomba
(Olsson 1932)
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| recombined as Anadara (Tosarca) columba | ||||||||||
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Arca (Cunearca) sp.
(Dall 1898)
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| spelled with current rank as Anadara (Cunearca) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chione (Lirophora) grauensis
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| original and current combination Lirophora | ||||||||||
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Chione (Chamelia) grzybowski
Olsson 1932
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| recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) grzybowski | ||||||||||
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Dosinia lenticulata
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Pitaria (Pitarella) tumbezensis
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea cf. coquimbensis
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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| synonym of Panopea abbreviata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Pseudomiltha (Zorrita) petersoni
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Lucina (Here) prosoptera
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| spelled with current rank as Here | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Eucrassatella nelsoni
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Peru |
| Coordinates: | 3.7° South, 80.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 4.4° South, 77.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cardalitos | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Cardalitos Fm, which overlies the upper part of the Zorritos Fm. AGE: Middle Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,black poorly lithified carbonaceous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Shales when fresh are black in color and strongly bituminous but weather like the Heath and Chira shales to a dark chocolate color or a dull gray. In some sections there are bands of fullers earth and zones of small, yellow concretions. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 66179 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | L. Ivany |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-10-03 18:26:10 | Last modified: | 2010-06-08 23:56:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-10-03 18:26:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17487. | A. A. Olsson. 1932. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 5, Miocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 19(68):1-272 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |