Where: Piura, Peru (4.7° S, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 13.4° S, 110.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Salina Formation (Salina Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Salina Fm of the Salina Gp, which regionally overlies the Negritos Fm (Early Eocene). AGE: Regarded as early Middle Eocene (p. 9) = Lutetian, on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, conglomeratic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Olsson; reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Not stated, but presumably A. Olsson. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably PRI
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52) [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88369: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.04.2009, edited by Kristina Okamoto
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Aturia cf. ziczac Sowerby 1812 nautiloid | |
Aturoidea olssoni n. sp.
Aturoidea olssoni n. sp. Miller 1947 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella hopkinsi n. sp.
Turritella hopkinsi n. sp. Olsson 1928 turret shell | |
"Pseudoliva mutabilis" = Popenoeum mutabilis
"Pseudoliva mutabilis" = Popenoeum mutabilis Woods 1922 true whelk SUBSPECIES: Pseudoliva mutabilis woodsi
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Bivalvia | |
? Diplodonta dissona n. sp.
? Diplodonta dissona n. sp. Olsson 1928 clam | |
Callocardia salvia n. sp.
Callocardia salvia n. sp. Olsson 1928 venus clam | |
Donax (Latona) capparis n. sp.
Donax (Latona) capparis n. sp. Olsson 1928 clam | |
"Venericardia pacifica n. sp." = Venericardia (Venericor) pacifica, "Venericardia peruviana n. sp." = Venericardia (Venericor) peruviana
"Venericardia pacifica n. sp." = Venericardia (Venericor) pacifica Olsson 1928 clam
"Venericardia peruviana n. sp." = Venericardia (Venericor) peruviana Olsson 1928 clam |