Colquijirca, Cerro de Pasco (Triassic of Peru)

Where: Peru (10.8° S, 76.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 22.6° S, 34.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Boit. 1966. Fauna de la facies occidental del Noriano al Oeste de Colquijirca (Cerro de Pasco). Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural Javier Prado (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima), serie C GeologĂ­a 11:1-15 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206093: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 31.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Myophoria pascoensis" = Minetrigonia pascoensis, "Myophoria lissoni" = Perugonia lissoni, "Myophoria baertli n. sp." = Albitrigonia baertli, "Myophoria jaworskii" = Myophorigonia jaworskii
"Myophoria pascoensis" = Minetrigonia pascoensis Steinmann 1930 clam
"Myophoria lissoni" = Perugonia lissoni Steinmann 1929 clam
"Myophoria baertli n. sp." = Albitrigonia baertli Boit 1966 clam
"Myophoria jaworskii" = Myophorigonia jaworskii Steinmann 1929 clam