Bajada del Diablo: Priabonian, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Tritaria sullana
DeVries et al. 2017
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita newelli Rivera 1957
DeVries et al. 2017
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella rafaeli Devries 2016
DeVries et al. 2017
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
"Dosinia" lechuzaensis Rivera 1957
DeVries et al. 2017
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha woodi Olsson 1930
DeVries et al. 2017
recombined as Eomiltha woodi
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella cochleiformis Gabb 1869
DeVries et al. 2017
recombined as Cristispira cochleiformis
Turritella woodsi Lisson 1925
DeVries et al. 2017
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa chira Olsson 1930
DeVries et al. 2017
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus chiraensis Olsson 1931
DeVries et al. 2017
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Ectinochilus sp. Cossmann 1889
DeVries et al. 2017
synonym of Rimella
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Peruchilus culberti Olsson 1931
DeVries et al. 2017
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora carditigera Nielsen and DeVries 2002
DeVries et al. 2017
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta mancorensis (Olsson 1928)
DeVries et al. 2017
recombined as Peruluta mancorensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum charanalense (Olsson 1931)
DeVries et al. 2017
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae
Sulcobuccinum parinasensis (Woods 1922)
DeVries et al. 2017
recombined as Pseudoliva (Buccinorbis) parinasensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clathrodrillia mira Olsson 1931
DeVries et al. 2017
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula piura
DeVries et al. 2017
Gastropoda - Perissityidae
Melongena levifusoides Olsson 1928
DeVries et al. 2017
recombined as Cornulina levifusoides
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sullana Olsson 1928
DeVries et al. 2017
Architectonica chiraensis Olsson 1928
DeVries et al. 2017
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru State/province:Ica
Coordinates: 14.5° South, 75.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.8° South, 68.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Otuma
Stratigraphy comments: stated to be lower Oligocene, but more recent data indicates that the Otuma Fm. is Priabonian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:100331
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-12-08 04:07:34 Last modified:2019-11-05 18:24:44
Access level:the public Released:2010-12-08 04:07:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
34442. C. Acosta Hospitaleche and M. Stucchi. 2005. Nuevos restos terciarios de Spheniscidae (Aves, sphenisciformes) procedentes de la Costa del Peru. Revista española de paleontología 20(1):1-5 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

70795 T. J. DeVries, M. Urbina, and N. A. Jud. 2017. The Eocene-Oligocene Otuma Depositional Sequence (East Pisco Basin, Peru): Paleogeographic and Paleoceanographic Implications of New Data. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica del Perú 112:14-38 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]