Pampa Las Salinas (Eocene of Peru)
Also known as 95DV 842
Where: Peru (14.0° S, 76.2° W: paleocoordinates 16.4° S, 68.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Otuma Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
• large (one meter wide) angular and rounded boulders of igneous rock embedded in coarse-grained sandstone, unconform- ably overlying brown siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. J. DeVries. 1998. Oligocene deposition and Cenozoic sequence boundaries in the Pisco Basin (Peru). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 11(3):217-231 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 206256: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.11.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
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Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella woodsi Lisson 1925 turret shell | |