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

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinoides plenicostatus Devries 2019 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Carolia (Parinomya) parinensis Olsson 1928 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ambigostrea sechura" = Ostrea (Lopha) sechura
"Ambigostrea sechura" = Ostrea (Lopha) sechura Olsson 1944 oyster
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Incanopsis fastigiata Devries 2019 clam
Gastropoda
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Melanella indicaformis n. sp. Devries 2019 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Rhombopsis longinquus Devries 2019 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
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
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Cristispira caballasensis n. sp. Devries 2019 turret shell