Pongo de Rentema, right bank, Sample 72, Cajamarca-Celendin Beds: Late/Upper Turonian, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula ferryi
Coquand 1862
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| recombined as Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi | ||||||||||
| subspecies desjardinsi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Plagiostoma grenieri
(Coquand 1862)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gyrostrea aff. roachensis
Fourtau 1917
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Peru |
| Coordinates: | 5.5° South, 78.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.2° South, 55.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cajamarca-Celendin | ||||
| Local section: | Pongo de Rentema, right bank | Local bed: | Sample 72 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The lower part of the Celendin Formation seems to correspond to the upper part of the Cajamarca Formation. Therefore, this unit informally is called the Cajamarca-Celendin Beds. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 62002 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-07-10 01:51:04 | Last modified: | 2006-07-10 04:51:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-07-10 01:51:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17883. | A. V. Dhondt and E. Jaillard. 2005. Cretaceous bivalves from Ecuador and northern Peru. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 19:325-342 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |