Restin [Restin Fm]: Bartonian, Peru
collected by Olsson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Clementia (Clementia) restinensis n. sp.
Olsson 1928
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Clementia (Clementia) parinensis
Olsson 1928
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Ringicardium) restinense n. sp.
Olsson 1928
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Cuspicorbula) busera n. sp.
Olsson 1928
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Geography
| Country: | Peru | State/province: | Piura |
| Coordinates: | 4.3° South, 81.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.1° South, 109.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.2 - 37.71 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Restin | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Restin Fm of the Parinas Gp, which regionally overlies the Parinas Fm (late Middle Eocene) and Salina Gp and is regionally overlain by the Saman Fm (Late Eocene). AGE: Regarded as late Middle Eocene (p. 9) =Bartonian, on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
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Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green poorly lithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Gray or olive colored shales. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shelfal siliciclastic environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | PRI |
| Collectors: | Olsson |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated, but presumably A. Olsson. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably PRI | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalves, gastropods, and brachiopods. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with somewhat antiquated nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 88370 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 86944 | ||
| Created: | 2009-04-09 13:15:37 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-04-09 13:15:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17609. | A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52) [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |