Yauca (Pliocene of Peru)

Where: Arequipa, Peru (15.7° S, 74.5° W: paleocoordinates 15.8° S, 73.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pisco Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; diatomaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Urbina and M. Stucchi. 2005. Los cormoranes (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae) del Mio-Plioceno de la Formacion Pisco, Peru. Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica del Peru 99:41-49 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67634: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.11.2006, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
MUSM 3395-3398
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
cf. Piscogavialis sp. Kraus 1998 crocodilian
MUSM 3399
Aves
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760 cormorant
Phalacrocorax aff. bougainvillii Lesson 1837 Guanay cormorant