Where: Manabi, Ecuador (1.0° N, 79.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 78.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Esmeraldas Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• AGE: Stated to be Late Miocene in text; Early Pliocene following Beu (2010). COMMENTS: thought to be equivalent to the Borbon formation of the Rio Santiago section, resting unconformably on top of conglomerate beds containing Turritella altilira and other Miocene fossils probably not greater than 300 meters in thickness overlain unconformably by massive to wellbedded brown sandstones
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•The beds at Quebrada Camarones have a low notherly to nearly horizontal dip, the cutbanks showing bare exposures sometimes rising as high as 30 feet
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, brown, yellow sandstone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1964. Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador [A. Miller/K. Bulinski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60771: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 22.05.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
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Polinices (Polinices) brunneus, "Natica (Naticarius) othella" = Naticarius, Natica (Naticarius) cf. scethra, Stigmaulax elenae
Polinices (Polinices) brunneus moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) othella" = Naticarius moon snail SUBSPECIES: Natica (Naticarius) othella burica
Natica (Naticarius) cf. scethra Dall 1908 moon snail
Stigmaulax elenae moon snail | |
Dalium ecuadorium snail
Echinophoria woodringi Olsson 1964 snail | |
Xenophora dilecta carrier shell | |
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Prunum (Prunum) godini n. sp.
Prunum (Prunum) godini n. sp. Olsson 1964 margin shell | |
"Calliotectum fischeri n. sp." = Teremachia fischeri
"Calliotectum fischeri n. sp." = Teremachia fischeri Olsson 1964 volute | |
Nannoidella cf. nana, "Ancistrosyrinx cedonulli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli, Aforia ecuadoriana
Nannoidella cf. nana snail | |
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Strioterebrum camaronense, "Strioterebrum guanabanum" = Strioterebrum guanabana
"Strioterebrum guanabanum" = Strioterebrum guanabana Olsson 1942 auger snail | |
Polystira fargoi, Polystira oxytropis, Lepicythara camaronensis, Gemmula arundia, Scobinella ecuadoriana
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Agladrillia gracilis, Agladrillia minys, "Hindsiclava militaris" = Crassispira (Hindsiclava) militaris
"Hindsiclava militaris" = Crassispira (Hindsiclava) militaris Hinds, in Reeve 1843 snail | |
Conus cf. granozonatus Guppy 1866 cone shell
Conus cacuminatus Spieker 1922 cone shell | |
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Oliva (Ispidula) cf. splendidula olive snail | |
"Cancellaria (Hertleinia) marksi n. sp." = Hertleinia marksi, Cancellaria (Euclia) serrata, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) esmeralda, "Trigonostoma thisbe n. sp." = Axelella thisbe, "Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi" = Massyla terryi
"Cancellaria (Hertleinia) marksi n. sp." = Hertleinia marksi Olsson 1964 snail
"Trigonostoma thisbe n. sp." = Axelella thisbe Olsson 1964 snail
"Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi" = Massyla terryi Olsson 1942 snail | |
Latirus concentricus, Fusinus (Fusinus) vokesi n. sp., Fusinus (Fusinus) esmeraldus n. sp., Fusinus (Fusinus) terryi n. sp.
Latirus concentricus snail
Fusinus (Fusinus) vokesi n. sp. snail
Fusinus (Fusinus) esmeraldus n. sp. snail
Fusinus (Fusinus) terryi n. sp. snail | |
Gordanops esmeraldensus n. sp., Nassarius (Uzita) hylus n. sp.
Gordanops esmeraldensus n. sp. snail
Nassarius (Uzita) hylus n. sp. Olsson 1964 snail | |
"Kelletia ecuadoriana n. sp." = Siphonalia (Kelletia), Antillophos abundans n. sp., Cantharus scissus n. sp., Metaphos pacificus n. sp., Metaphos scillus n. sp., Metaphos calathus n. sp., Neosconsia ecuadoriana n. sp.
"Kelletia ecuadoriana n. sp." = Siphonalia (Kelletia) true whelk
Antillophos abundans n. sp. true whelk
Cantharus scissus n. sp. true whelk
Metaphos pacificus n. sp. true whelk
Metaphos scillus n. sp. true whelk
Metaphos calathus n. sp. true whelk
Neosconsia ecuadoriana n. sp. Olsson 1964 true whelk | |
Anachis (Anachis) laudabilis n. sp., Anachis (Alia) proba n. sp., "Strombina (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis n. sp." = Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis
Anachis (Anachis) laudabilis n. sp. snail
Anachis (Alia) proba n. sp. snail
"Strombina (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis n. sp." = Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis Olsson 1964 snail | |
"Mitra (Subcancilla) musa n. sp." = Subcancilla
"Mitra (Subcancilla) musa n. sp." = Subcancilla mitre shell | |
Fusiturricula fusinella Dall 1908 ribbed mitre | |
Ficus perplexa n. sp., Ficus lanzi n. sp.
Ficus perplexa n. sp. fig shell
Ficus lanzi n. sp. Olsson 1964 fig shell | |
Capulus pacificus n. sp.
Capulus pacificus n. sp. snail | |
Scalina ferminiana Dall 1908 wentletrap
Sthenorytis hertelini n. sp. wentletrap | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
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Bathybembix dalliana n. sp.
Bathybembix dalliana n. sp. Olsson 1964 snail | |
Puncturella (Esmeria) palmerae n. sp. puncturella | |
Calliostoma dryope n. sp. top snail
Calliostoma nicolum n. sp. top snail
Calliostoma tegulum n. sp. Olsson 1964 top snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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"Nuculana (Saccella) ornata" = Saccella ornata
"Nuculana (Saccella) ornata" = Saccella ornata d'Orbigny 1845 pointed nut clam | |
"Lima (Acesta) hertleini" = Acesta
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"Chlamys woodringi" = Argopecten woodringi, "Pecten (Euvola) cf. bowdenensis" = Euvola bowdenensis
"Pecten (Euvola) cf. bowdenensis" = Euvola bowdenensis Dall 1898 scallop | |
Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni Maury 1917 ark | |
Limopsis zonalis clam | |
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Psammotreta muisna, "Psammacoma tagua" = Macoma (Psammacoma), "Phyllodina phragmites" = Tellina (Phyllodina), "Moerella yapa" = Tellina (Moerella), "Moerella meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis
"Moerella meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
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Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Dentalium) equisetum n. sp. tusk shell
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) esmeraldum tusk shell |