AMNH308, Cerro Prieto section 19, Amotape Mountains: Bashkirian - Moscovian, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Allorisma barringtoni
Thomas 1928
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Rare category | |||||||||
| recombined as Exochorhynchus barringtoni | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Allorisma insolitum
(Thomas 1928)
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Common category | |||||||||
| synonym of Goniomya singaporensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Schizodidae
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Schizodus cf. meekanus
Girty 1900
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Rare category | |||||||||
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoidea prietana
Chronic 1949
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Rare category | |||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Peru | State/province: | Piura |
| Coordinates: | 4.7° South, 80.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.8° South, 57.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Bashkirian - Moscovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 323.20000 - 307.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Tarma | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Atokan = late Bashkirian or early Moscovian. Fossil bed not specified. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: Section is nearly all siliciclastic. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 41389 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Bottjer | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-13 16:48:27 | Last modified: | 2011-09-03 15:57:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-13 16:48:27 |
| 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] |