AMNH311, Quebrada Gramadál and Steel Hill, Amotape Mountains (Carboniferous to of Peru)
Where: Piura, Peru (4.4° S, 80.9° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 57.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tarma Group, Bashkirian to Bashkirian (323.2 - 307.0 Ma)
• Atokan = late Bashkirian or early Moscovian.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. D. Newell, J. Chronic, and T.G. Roberts. 1953. Upper Paleozoic of Peru. Geological Society of America Memoir 58:1-276 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41392: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Corals not included.
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Rhynchonellata | |
Spirifer aff. opimus Hall 1858 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Buxtonia peruviana" = Kochiproductus peruvianus
"Buxtonia peruviana" = Kochiproductus peruvianus d'Orbigny 1842 | |
Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea prietana Chronic 1949 | |
Lindstroemella aff. patula Girty 1911 | |
Bivalvia | |
Aviculopinna spp. Meek 1864 oyster | |
"Aviculopecten multiscalptus" = Heteropecten multiscalptus
"Aviculopecten multiscalptus" = Heteropecten multiscalptus Thomas 1928 scallop | |
Astartella meridionalis Thomas 1928 clam | |
"Allorisma barringtoni" = Exochorhynchus barringtoni
"Allorisma barringtoni" = Exochorhynchus barringtoni Thomas 1928 clam | |
"Nuculana browni" = Polidevcia browni
"Nuculana browni" = Polidevcia browni Thomas 1928 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930 snail | |
Bellerophon "sp. 1" de Montfort 1808 snail | |
Glabrocingulum amotapense Thomas 1930 snail |