CAS Loc. 345, Negritos [Negritos Fm]: Early/Lower Eocene, Peru
collected by Gester 1914

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella negritosensis Woods 1922
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru
Coordinates: 4.0° South, 80.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.3° South, 69.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Early/Lower Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Negritos
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic unit not stated in text; possibly from Negritos Fm. AGE: Not stated in text; Negritos Fm=Early Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:CAS
Collectors:Gester Collection dates:1914
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: G. C. Gester, 1914. REPOSITORY: CAS, California
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Comprehensive, but not exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level assignments, but antiquated nomenclature.
Metadata
Database number:93756
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-02-01 12:03:06 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-02-01 12:03:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31881. G. D. Hanna and M. C. Israelsky. 1925. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of Peru. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14(2):37-75 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Alroy]