List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Kiangsiella pinguis n. sp.
Chronic 1949
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Echinoconchidae
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Waagenoconcha humboldti
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Elythidae
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Phricodothyris guadalupensis
(Shumard 1859)
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| n. ssp. peruensis | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Neospirifer condor
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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| recombined as Gypospirifer condor | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchoporidae
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Rhynchopora aff. illinoisensis
(Worthen 1884)
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Wellerellidae
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Wellerella bidentata
(Girty 1908)
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| n. ssp. parva (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Cleiothyridina intonsa n. sp.
Chronic 1949
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Neoretziidae
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Hustedia meridionalis
Chronic 1949
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Hexagonellidae
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Meekopora cf. prosseri
Ullrich 1890
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Goniocladiidae
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Goniocladia peruviana n. sp.
Chronic 1949
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Septoporidae
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Silvaseptopora n. gen. incaica
Chronic 1949
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| recombined as Septopora incaica | ||||||||||
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Acanthocladiidae
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Polypora sp.
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Polypora andina
Chronic 1949
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Rostroconchia
- Conocardiida
- Conocardiidae
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Conocardium sp.
Bronn 1835
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| Juveniles? | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudozygopleuridae
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Pseudozygopleura spp.
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Gastropoda
- Goniasmatidae
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? Goniasma informal sp. 2
Tomlin 1930
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Gastropoda
- Orthonematidae
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? Orthonema sp.
Meek and Worthen 1862
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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? Retispira sp.
Knight 1945
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Anomphalidae
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Anomphalus sp.
Meek and Worthen 1866
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Omphalotrochidae
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Omphalotrochus obtusispira
(Shumard 1859)
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Euomphalidae
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Amphiscapha peruviana
Chronic 1949
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Trochonematidae
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Trochonematidae indet.
von Zittel 1895
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Peruvispira n. gen. delicata
Chronic 1949
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? Ananias sp.
Knight 1945
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Soleniscidae
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Strobeus ? regularis
(Cox 1857)
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| recombined as Soleniscus regularis | ||||||||||
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Strobeus sp.
de Koninck 1881
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Gastropoda
- Cyrtoneritida
- Orthonychiidae
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Orthonychia pajerensis n. sp.
Chronic 1949
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astartella nasuta
Girty 1908
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Geography
| Country: | Peru | State/province: | Ayacucho |
| Coordinates: | 12.8° South, 74.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.7° South, 50.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Copacabana | ||||
| Local section: | 9, Huanta | Local bed: | 38a | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 250 feet thick, silicified fossils at base, fusulines at 60, 70, 95, 165, 230, 240 feet above base. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,gray,blue lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Limestone, blue-gray. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with silica |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,chemical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 41371 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Bottjer | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-13 16:47:44 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-13 16:47:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11104. | N. D. Newell, J. Chronic, and T.G. Roberts. 1953. Upper Paleozoic of Peru. Geological Society of America Memoir 58:1-276 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/P. Wagner] |