Near Quercotilla: Priabonian, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus quercotillaensis n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cyrtochetus ? chiraensis
Olsson 1931
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Strigatella peruviana n. sp.
Olsson 1931
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Clathrodrillia mira n. sp.
Olsson 1931
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Harpa myria n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Pediculariidae
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Cypraea (Cypraedia) chira
Olsson 1931
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| synonym of Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) multicarinata | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa chira
Olsson 1930
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Geography
| Country: | Peru |
| Coordinates: | 4.8° South, 80.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.3° South, 73.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | Chira |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black poorly lithified carbonaceous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: black, bituminous shale on weathering, break down into soft, powdery soil bands of white or yellowish volcanic ash found in many localities associated with thin seams of hard, plastery sandstones | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179594 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-06-21 10:44:45 | Last modified: | 2016-06-21 12:29:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-06-21 10:44:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14126. | A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1-164 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |