La Encanada, Mujarrun Formation (Cretaceous of Peru)
Where: Peru (7.1° S, 78.3° W: paleocoordinates 13.8° S, 53.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mujarrun Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• upper part of Mujarrun Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. V. Dhondt and E. Jaillard. 2005. Cretaceous bivalves from Ecuador and northern Peru. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 19:325-342 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62026: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.07.2006
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster | |
Neithea hispanica Orbigny 1850 scallop |