CAS Loc. 336, Moss Peak [Zorritos Fm]: Early/Lower Miocene, Peru
collected by Gester 1914
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella nelsoni
Spieker 1922
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Siphonalia phosoidea
Hanna and Israelsky 1925
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Geography
| Country: | Peru |
| Coordinates: | 4.0° South, 81.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.2° South, 76.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Zorritos | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic unit not stated in text; possibly from Zorritos Fm. AGE: Not stated in text; Zorritos Fm=Early Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Near base of organic shale series. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | carbonaceous "shale" |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Organic shale. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera | ||
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | CAS | ||
| Collectors: | Gester | Collection dates: | 1914 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: G. C. Gester, 1914. REPOSITORY: CAS, California | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Comprehensive, but not exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level assignments, but antiquated nomenclature. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 93747 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-01 08:21:52 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-02-01 08:21:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31881. | 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] |