Where: Guayas, Ecuador (1.7° S, 80.3° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° S, 77.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Daule Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Daule Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. The Daule Fm has affinities to the Progreso Fm, and Middle Miocene formations of Peru. Taxa are share with the Gatun fm, the Tubera Fm, the Cucurrupi Fm of Colombia. AGE: Middle Miocene on the basis of macrofossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1957. Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(A) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96509: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.06.2010

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