DV 1442-2 [Otuma Fm] (Oligocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (14.5° S, 76.0° W: paleocoordinates 16.6° S, 69.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Otuma Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Otuma Fm, which regionally is unconformably overlain by the Prisco Fm (late Early Miocene to Late Pliocene). AGE: Eocene/Oligocene in text, on the basis of K/Ar dates, siliceous microfossil zonation, and molluscan biostratigraphy. Here assigned to Early Oligocene consistent with other collections from formation. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From sandstone beds in unknown part of formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text, but appears to be from relatively shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Soft sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, based on facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected by DeVries; reposited in the UWBM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: DeVries. REPOSITORY: UWMB, Washington.

Primary reference: T. J. DeVries. 2007. Cenozoic Turritellidae (Gastropoda) from southern Peru. Journal of Paleontology 81(2):331-351 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80462: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.04.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxon described in publication, and supporting publications NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution taxonomic assignments.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella chira Olsson 1928 turret shell