AMNH302, Bed 1, Cerro Yananyare Section 10, Tarma: Moscovian, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
? Pharkidonotus sp. Girty 1912
Rare category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Common category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella penniana n. sp. (Derby 1874)
Common category
(2 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina barbata Chronic 1949
Rare category
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer cameratus (Morton 1836)
Rare category
(1 measurement)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer cf. opimus Hall 1858
Common category
(6 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru State/province:Junin
Coordinates: 11.4° South, 75.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.9° South, 55.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Moscovian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:Moscovian
Age range of interval:315.20000 - 307.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Tarma
Local section:10, Tarma Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Early Moscovian (late Atokan); 40 feet thick.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black lithified sandy "shale"
Secondary lithology:green lithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: Shale, black, arenaceous, with some greenish calcareous sandstone.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:41380
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-13 16:48:08 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-13 16:48:08
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]