Also known as F-99
Where: Esmeraldas, Ecuador (1.0° N, 79.7° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 78.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Onzole Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• A total thickness of ~310 m of upper Onzole Formation is exposed along sea cliffs and wave-cut platforms.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; fine-grained mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Reposited in the BMNH, CAS, PRI
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Repositories include USNM, CAS, and PRI. Identified by authors in the field.
Primary reference: W. D. Pitt and L.J. Pitt. 1997. Nassarius (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) from the Neogene of northwestern Ecuador. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:135-150 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41574: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
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Nassarius (Nassarius) thielei Olsson 1964 snail | |
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Scaphopoda | |
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