Where: Peru (3.7° S, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 71.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic unit not stated in text. AGE: Not stated in text; possibly Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Gester in 1914; reposited in the CAS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: G. C. Gester, 1914. REPOSITORY: CAS, California
Primary reference: G. D. Hanna and M. C. Israelsky. 1925. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of Peru. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14(2):37-75 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93758: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.02.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella supraconcava n. sp." = Turritella abrupta, "Turritella cochleiformis" = Cristispira cochleiformis
"Turritella supraconcava n. sp." = Turritella abrupta Spieker 1922 turret shell
"Turritella cochleiformis" = Cristispira cochleiformis Gabb 1869 turret shell | |
Faunus paytensis Woods 1922 snail | |
Ampullina ortoni Gabb 1870 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Venericardia clavidens" = Venericardia (Venericor) clavidens
"Venericardia clavidens" = Venericardia (Venericor) clavidens Grzybowski 1899 clam | |
"Lucina paytensis" = Claibornites paytensis
"Lucina paytensis" = Claibornites paytensis Woods 1922 clam | |
Macrocallista cavachana n. sp.
Macrocallista cavachana n. sp. Hanna and Israelsky 1925 venus clam | |
Corbula woodsi n. sp.
Corbula woodsi n. sp. Hanna and Israelsky 1925 clam |