Also known as P-101

Where: Esmeraldas, Ecuador (1.0° N, 79.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° N, 78.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Esmeraldas Member (Onzole Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• Early Pliocene. Esmeraldas beds, upper Onzole Formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; poorly lithified, tuffaceous, calcareous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CAS, LACM, PRI, USNM

• Collections reposited in the CAS, Los Angelese County Museum, PR, USNM, and Tulane University. Collected by Pitt and Pitt.

Primary reference: W. D. Pitt and L.J. Pitt. 1995. A new species of Enaeta (Gastropoda: Volutidae) from the Mio-Pliocene of northwestern Ecuador. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 28:123-126 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41763: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.07.2004

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