Morerilla (Bagua Fm.): Middle Campanian - Early Maastrichtian, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Angiospermae
- Malvales
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Lecythidaceae
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Lecythidaceae indet.
Poiteau 1825
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| "genus indet. 2" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Pelomedusidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| 3 specimens | ||||||||||
| bone and eggshell, incl. HEC 434-1, 434-2 (dinosauroid spherulitic); HEC 435-2 (ornithoid, ratite) | ||||||||||
| Vianey-Liaud et al. 1997 | 3 specimens | |||||||||
| HEC 382-1, 433-2, 433-4 | ||||||||||
| Vianey-Liaud and Garcia 2003 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Peru | State/province: | Amazonas |
| Coordinates: | 5.8° South, 78.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.5° South, 54.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian - Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 - Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Campanian - Early Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bagua | Member: | Fundo el Triunfo |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),surface (in situ),sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 52840 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-08-23 14:03:03 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-08-23 14:03:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14229. | ETE | T. Mourier, P. Bengtson, M. Bonhomme, E. Buge, H. Cappetta, J.-Y. Crochet, M. Feist, K. F. Hirsch, E. Jaillard, G. Laubacher, J. P. Lefranc, M. Moullade, C. Noblet, D. Pons, J. Rey, B. Sigé, Y. Tambareau and P. Taquet. 1988. The Upper Cretaceous–Lower Tertiary marine to continental transition in the Bagua Basin, northern Peru: paleontology, biostratigraphy, radiometry, correlations. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 19(3):143-177 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 81620 | M. Vianey-Liaud and G. Garcia. 2003. Diversity among North African dinosaur eggshells. Palaeovertebrata 32(2-4):171-188 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 81633 | M. Vianey-Liaud, K. Hirsch, and B. Sigé. 1997. Late Cretaceous Peruvian eggshells and their relationships with Laurasian and eastern Gondwanian material. Geobios 30(1):75-90 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |