AMNH309, Pan de Azucar, Amotape Mountains: Bashkirian - Moscovian, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Stems and rare plates
Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Cromyocrinidae
? Parulocrinus sp. Moore and Plummer 1940
Rare category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris septata Chronic 1949
Common category
(10 measurements)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris planoconvexa (Shumard 1855)
Common category
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer cameratus (Morton 1836)
Common category
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora magnicosta Mather 1915
Common category
n. ssp. amotapensis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus cf. rockymontanum (Marcou 1858)
Rare category
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Buxtonia peruviana (d'Orbigny 1842)
Common category
recombined as Kochiproductus peruvianus
(4 measurements)
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Cancrinella villiersi (d'Orbigny 1842)
Common category
recombined as Costatumulus villiersi
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Lissochonetes ? amazonicus (Derby 1874)
Common category
(2 measurements)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Derbyia cf. tapajotensis (Derby 1874)
Rare category
recombined as Tapajotia tapajotensis
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea prietana n. sp. Chronic 1949
Common category
(1 measurement)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Trigonoglossa sp.
Rare category
Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae
Lindstroemella aff. patula (Girty 1911)
Rare category
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Volsellina equatorialis (Thomas 1928)
Rare category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Aviculopinna spp.
Common category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten sp. Girty 1903
Rare category
Limipecten araneosus Chronic 1949
Abundant category
(4 measurements)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Aviculopecten multiscalptus Thomas 1928
Common category
recombined as Heteropecten multiscalptus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria sp. McCoy 1851
Rare category
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Allorisma barringtoni Thomas 1928
Common category
recombined as Exochorhynchus barringtoni
(1 measurement)
Allorisma insolitum (Thomas 1928)
Common category
synonym of Goniomya singaporensis
(6 measurements)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus cf. meekanus Girty 1900
Common category
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Nuculana browni (Thomas 1928)
Rare category
recombined as Polidevcia browni
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudoparalegoceratidae
Pseudoparalegoceras peruvianum (Berry 1928)
Rare category
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930
Rare category
(2 measurements)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira multiscalpta (Thomas 1930)
Common category
(2 measurements)
Bellerophon informal sp. 2 de Montfort 1808
Rare category
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum amotapense (Thomas 1930)
Common category
(2 measurements)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia aff. speciosa (Meek and Worthen 1860)
Rare category
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
? Meekospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Rare category
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru State/province:Piura
Coordinates: 4.6° South, 81.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.6° South, 81.0° 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
Stratigraphy comments: Atokan = late Bashkirian or early Moscovian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified not reported
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:41390
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-13 16:48:29 Last modified:2011-09-03 16:16:54
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-13 16:48:29
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]