CAS Loc. 555, Payta (Eocene of Peru)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

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

• COVERAGE: Comprehensive, but not exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level assignments, but antiquated nomenclature.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Faunus paytensis Woods 1922 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"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
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina ortoni Gabb 1870 snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina paytensis" = Claibornites paytensis
"Lucina paytensis" = Claibornites paytensis Woods 1922 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula woodsi n. sp. Hanna and Israelsky 1925 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista cavachana n. sp. Hanna and Israelsky 1925 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia clavidens" = Venericardia (Venericor) clavidens
"Venericardia clavidens" = Venericardia (Venericor) clavidens Grzybowski 1899 clam