P-100, Esmeraldas Beds, Estero Camarones, - Pitt and Pittt (1997): Early/Lower Pliocene, Ecuador
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius (Uzita) hylus
Olsson 1964
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices (Polinices) carolinensis
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Pitt and Pitt 1992 | ||||||
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Polinices (Polinices) otis
(Broderip 1829)
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Pitt and Pitt 1992 | ||||||
| recombined as Polinices otis | |||||||
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Polinices (Polinices) hepaticus
(Röding 1798)
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Pitt and Pitt 1992 | ||||||
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Natica (Stigmaulax) landesiana
Olsson 1964
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Pitt and Pitt 1992 | ||||||
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Natica (Natica) inexpectans
(Olsson 1971)
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Pitt and Pitt 1992 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ecuador | State/province: | Esmeraldas |
| Coordinates: | 1.0° North, 79.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.8° North, 78.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Onzole | Member: | Esmeraldas | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Early Pliocene. Esmeraldas beds, upper Onzole Formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuffaceous poorly lithified calcareous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Highly foraminiferal tuffaceous shale. | |
| Environment: | deep-water indet. |
| Geology comments: Shallow-water gravity-flows, which brought the Esmeraldas fauna into the deep water (1000 m) from shallow water, on the order of 75 m. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | CAS,LACM,PRI,USNM |
| Collection method comments: Collections reposited in the CAS, Los Angelese County Museum, PR, USNM, and Tulane University | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Taxonomic list only contains species taxonomically described in reference. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | P-100 | ||
| Database number: | 41802 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-20 15:33:56 | Last modified: | 2019-05-29 10:45:37 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2005-07-20 15:33:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11181. | W. D. Pitt and L.J. Pitt. 1997. Nassarius (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) from the Neogene of northwestern Ecuador. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:135-150 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 11194 | W. D. Pitt and L.J. Pitt. 1992. Naticidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda) from the Neogene of northwestern Ecuador. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 25(4):109-138 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |