PBDB Collection

Upper Zorritos (Miocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (3.7° S, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 4.9° S, 76.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Zorritos Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• upper part of Zorritos Fm.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; yellow, conglomeratic sandstone

• yellow or orange-colored sandstones and pebble conglomerates

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66178: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 03.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
Arcida - Arcidae	"Arca (Senilia) chiriquiensis" = Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis, "Arca (Diluvarca) sechurana" = Anadara (Rasia) sechurana, "Arca (Diluvarca) spiekeri" = Anadara (Scapharca) spiekeri, "Arca (Senilia) zorritosensis" = Senilia "Arca (Senilia) chiriquiensis" = Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis Gabb 1861 ark "Arca (Diluvarca) sechurana" = Anadara (Rasia) sechurana Olsson 1932 ark "Arca (Diluvarca) spiekeri" = Anadara (Scapharca) spiekeri Olsson 1932 clam "Arca (Senilia) zorritosensis" = Senilia clam
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Ostrea sp. Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Mytilus sp. Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Cardiida - Veneridae	Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) aequicincta, "Dosinia (Dosinidea) delicatissima" = Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima, Chione (Chionopsis) spiekeri, "Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) aequicincta Spieker 1922 venus clam "Dosinia (Dosinidea) delicatissima" = Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima Brown and Pilsbry 1913 venus clam Chione (Chionopsis) spiekeri Olsson 1932 venus clam "Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam
Cardiida - Anatinellidae	"Labiosa (Raeta) undulata" = Raeta undulata "Labiosa (Raeta) undulata" = Raeta undulata Gould 1851 clam
Cardiida - Mactridae	"Mactrella exoleta" = Mactrellona exoleta "Mactrella exoleta" = Mactrellona exoleta Garay 1837 clam
Cardiida - Semelidae	Semele laevis Semele laevis Sowerby 1833 clam subsp. costaricensis
Cardiida - Tellinidae	"Tellina (Eurytellina) aequicincta" = Eurytellina aequicincta, Macoma sp. "Tellina (Eurytellina) aequicincta" = Eurytellina aequicincta Spieker 1922 tellin clam Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	"Cardium (Dinocardium) ecuadorialis" = Dinocardium ecuadoriale "Cardium (Dinocardium) ecuadorialis" = Dinocardium ecuadoriale Olsson 1932 cockle
Pholadida - Corbulidae	"Corbula (Tenuicorbula) acutirostra" = Tenuicorbula acutirostra "Corbula (Tenuicorbula) acutirostra" = Tenuicorbula acutirostra Spieker 1922 clam
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella inconspicua, Turritella varicosta, "Turritella infracarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) infracarinata, Turritella abrupta Turritella inconspicua turret shell Turritella varicosta Spieker 1922 turret shell "Turritella infracarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) infracarinata Grzybowski 1899 turret shell Turritella abrupta Spieker 1922 turret shell
Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae	Crucibulum inerme Crucibulum inerme slipper shell
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Melongena melongena Melongena melongena Linnaeus 1758 snail
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Northia guttifera Northia guttifera true whelk
Neogastropoda - Conidae	"Conus (Dendroconus) cf. williamgabbi" = Conus williamgabbi, "Conus (Dendroconus) bravoi" = Conus bravoi "Conus (Dendroconus) cf. williamgabbi" = Conus williamgabbi Maury 1917 cone shell "Conus (Dendroconus) bravoi" = Conus bravoi Spieker 1922 cone shell
Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae	Cancellaria sp. Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799 snail