Quebrada Pajaritos (Miocene of Peru)
Where: Piura, Peru (5.2° S, 80.6° W: paleocoordinates 5.6° S, 79.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Miramar Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Collection methods: Instituto de Paleontología de la Universidad de Piura
Primary reference: J. Apolín, G. González-Barba, and J. N. Martínez. 2007. Seláceos del Mioceno superior de Quebrada Pajaritos (Piura, Perú). XII Congreso Peruano de Geología. Resúmenes Extendidos [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]more details
PaleoDB collection 162465: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 25.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Chondrichthyes | |
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Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 stingray | |
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Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
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Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
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Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
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Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 lemon shark
Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes 1839 requiem shark
Carcharhinus falciformis Bibron 1841 requiem shark
Carcharhinus brachyurus Gunther 1870 requiem shark | |
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Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
Sphyrna lewini Griffith and Smith 1834 hammerhead shark | |
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Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
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Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
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Ginglymostoma cirratum Gmelin 1789 nurse shark | |
| Mammalia | |
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Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual | |
| Reptilia | |
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Chelonioidea indet. sea turtle | |
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Eusuchia indet. crocodilian | |
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Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Delphinoidea indet. Brown 1827 snail | |