Where: Peru (15.3° S, 75.2° W: paleocoordinates 15.3° S, 75.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: San Juan Terrace Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC DATA: From raised marine terrace at 30 m above present sea level.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Presumably the authors (Ortlieb, DeVries, and Diaz). REPOSITORY: Not stated, but most likely to be Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru.
Primary reference: L. Ortlieb, T. DeVries, and A. Diaz. 1990. Occurrence de Chione broggi (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1943) (Pelecypoda) en depositos litorales cuaternarios del sur del Peru: implicaciones paleoceanograficas. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica de Perú 81:127-134 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 76643: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.11.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Cardita spurca" = Cyclocardia spurca
"Cardita spurca" = Cyclocardia spurca Sowerby 1833 clam | |
"Trachycardium procerum" = Mexicardia procera
"Trachycardium procerum" = Mexicardia procera Sowerby 1833 cockle | |
Tagelus dombeii Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Mulinia edulis King 1831 clam | |
Mesodesma donacium Lamarck 1818 clam | |
"Chione broggi" = Iliochione subrugosa, Ameghinomya antigua, Eurhomalea lenticularis, Eurhomalea rufa
"Chione broggi" = Iliochione subrugosa Wood 1828 venus clam
Ameghinomya antigua venus clam
Eurhomalea lenticularis Broderip and Sowerby 1835 venus clam
Eurhomalea rufa Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
"Pholas chiloensis" = Pholas (Thovana) chiloensis
"Pholas chiloensis" = Pholas (Thovana) chiloensis Molina 1782 clam | |
Ensis macha Molina 1782 clam | |
Argopecten purpuratus Lamarck 1819 calico scallop | |
Glycymeris ovata Stanton 1895 clam | |
Choromytilus chorus Molina 1782 mussel
Semimytilus edulis mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
"Fissurella latimarginata" = Fissurella (Fissurella) latimarginata, "Fissurella peruviana" = Fissurella (Fissurella) peruviana
"Fissurella latimarginata" = Fissurella (Fissurella) latimarginata Sowerby 1835 snail
"Fissurella peruviana" = Fissurella (Fissurella) peruviana Lamarck 1822 snail | |
"Tegula atra" = Chlorostoma atrum, "Tegula euryomphalus" = Chlorostoma euryomphalum, "Tegula luctuosa" = Chlorostoma luctuosum
"Tegula atra" = Chlorostoma atrum Lesson 1830 top snail
"Tegula euryomphalus" = Chlorostoma euryomphalum Jonas 1844 top snail
"Tegula luctuosa" = Chlorostoma luctuosum d'Orbigny 1841 top snail | |
Prisogaster niger Wood 1828 snail | |
Crepipatella dilatata, "Calyptraea trochiformis" = Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis
Crepipatella dilatata Lamarck 1822 slipper shell
"Calyptraea trochiformis" = Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis Gmelin 1791 slipper shell | |
"Turritella cingulata" = Incatella cingulata
"Turritella cingulata" = Incatella cingulata Sowerby 1825 turret shell | |
"Cerithium stercumuscarum" = Cerithium (Thericium) stercumuscarum
"Cerithium stercumuscarum" = Cerithium (Thericium) stercumuscarum Valenciennes 1833 snail | |
Polinices cf. uber Valenciennes 1821 moon snail
Sinum cymba Menke 1828 moon snail | |
Acanthina monodon, Crassilabrum crassilabrum, "Thais chocolata" = Stramonita chocolata, Concholepas concholepas, "Xanthochorus buxea" = Xanthochorus buxeus, Trophon peruvianus
Acanthina monodon Pallas 1974 unicorn
Crassilabrum crassilabrum Sowerby 1834 murex snail
"Thais chocolata" = Stramonita chocolata Duclos 1832 murex snail
Concholepas concholepas Bruguiére 1789 murex snail
"Xanthochorus buxea" = Xanthochorus buxeus Broderip 1833 murex snail
Trophon peruvianus murex snail | |
Oliva peruviana Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
Nassarius dentifer snail
Nassarius gayi Kiener 1835 snail | |
"Bursa ventricosa" = Crossata ventricosa
"Bursa ventricosa" = Crossata ventricosa Broderip 1833 frog shell | |
"Priene scabrum" = Priene scabrum, "Priene rude" = Priene scabrum
"Priene scabrum" = Priene scabrum King 1832 triton shell
"Priene rude" = Priene scabrum King 1832 triton shell |