Nazca/San Juan junction (Eocene of Peru)

Where: Ica, Peru (15.1° S, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 17.7° S, 66.1° 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 84696: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella woodsi Lisson 1925 turret shell