Lagunillas y Punta Pejerrey, 9400 m (Eocene of Peru)
Where: Ica, Peru (13.8° S, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 16.4° S, 67.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Paracas Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Primary reference: R. Rivera. 1957. Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica. Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32:165-219 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 84685: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.11.2008
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Ostrea pejerreyensis n. sp.
Ostrea pejerreyensis n. sp. Rivera 1957 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
"Peruficus lagunitensis" = Glyptostyla lagunitensis
"Peruficus lagunitensis" = Glyptostyla lagunitensis Olsson 1929 snail | |
Turritella woodsi Lisson 1925 turret shell |