Ancon Pterosphenus sheppardi type locality: Late Eocene, Ecuador

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Palaeophiidae
Pterosphenus sheppardi n. sp. Hoffstetter 1958
Globigerinidae
Globigerina wilsoni
Globorotaliidae
Hastigerinella eocenica
see common names

Geography
Country:Ecuador State/province:Santa Elena County:Ancon
Coordinates: 2.3° South, 80.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.0° South, 69.9° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Late Eocene
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Seca
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Articulated whole bodies:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:surface (float),mechanical,survey of museum collection
Collection size:1 individuals
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48076
Authorizer:J. Head Enterer:J. Head
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-12 17:55:12 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-12 17:55:12
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
12868. R. Hoffstetter. 1958. Un serpent marin du genre Pterosphenus (Pt. Sheppardi nov. sp.) dans L’Éocène supérieur de L’Équateur (Amérique de Sud). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 6:45-50 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]