DV 1410, 4053, 4054, 4055, 4056 (Pliocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (15.5° S, 74.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 15.3° S, 74.0° W (Wright 2013)

When: Caracoles Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• DV 1410 = Caracoles Formation stratotype

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; massive, bioturbated, brown, green sandstone and limestone

• green olive-to-brown medium-grained massive and bioturbated sandstones, interbedded with indurated coquina beds containing bivalves, gastropods, and barnacles

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. J. DeVries. 2020. Lithostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of Pliocene and Pleistocene Marine Deposits and Age of the highest Marine Terrace from the Sacaco Basin and its Environs (southern Peru). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica del Perú 114:21-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219106: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.03.2021

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyclinella subquadrata Hanley 1844 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Amiantis sp. Carpenter 1863 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Choromytilus chorus Molina 1782 mussel
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva peruviana Lamarck 1811 olive snail
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria buccinoides Sowerby 1832 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Xanthochorus xuster DeVries 2005 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum cymba Menke 1828 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepipatella dilatata Lamarck 1822 slipper shell
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle
small balanid barnacles
Osteichthyes
 Tetraodontiformes - Monacanthidae
Aluterus sp. Cloquet 1816 Leatherjacket