B8769 (Eocene of Peru)
Also known as DV 1954-1
Where: Peru (14.9° S, 75.5° W: paleocoordinates 17.3° S, 64.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• late Early Eocene
Environment/lithology: coastal; massive sandstone
• interbedded massive sandstone and oyster-cerithioid bioclastic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. J. Devries. 2019. Early Paleogene brackish-water molluscs from the Caballas Formation of the East Pisco Basin (Southern Peru). Journal of Natural History 53(25-26):1533-1584 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 205241: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Mulinoides plenicostatus Devries 2019 clam | |
Pleuriocardia (Incacardium) schneideri Devries 2019 cockle | |
Carolia (Parinomya) parinensis Olsson 1928 scallop | |
"Ambigostrea sechura" = Ostrea (Lopha) sechura
"Ambigostrea sechura" = Ostrea (Lopha) sechura Olsson 1944 oyster | |
Incanopsis fastigiata Devries 2019 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Melanella indicaformis n. sp.
Melanella indicaformis n. sp. Devries 2019 snail | |
Rhombopsis longinquus Devries 2019 snail | |
Potamides henryi, Papposilenus utriculus, Rhinotamides everriculum n. sp., Nodifaunus gainesi n. sp., Caballasea segmentata n. gen. n. sp.
Potamides henryi Devries 2019 horn snail
Papposilenus utriculus Devries 2019 horn snail
Rhinotamides everriculum n. sp. Devries 2019 horn snail
Nodifaunus gainesi n. sp. Devries 2019 horn snail
Caballasea segmentata n. gen. n. sp. Devries 2019 horn snail | |
Cristispira caballasensis n. sp.
Cristispira caballasensis n. sp. Devries 2019 turret shell |