Yauca: Zanclean, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Salas-Gismondi et al. 2022
MUSM 3395-3398
Reptilia - Gavialidae
Salas-Gismondi et al. 2022
MUSM 3399
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru State/province:Arequipa
Coordinates: 15.7° South, 74.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.4° South, 73.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Zanclean
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 5.35 ± 0.15 to 4.85 ± 0.15 Ma (Sr isotope)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pisco
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:diatomaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine 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:67634
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-11-29 14:45:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-11-29 14:45:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
19301. M. Urbina and M. Stucchi. 2005. Los cormoranes (Aves: Phalacrocoracidae) del Mio-Plioceno de la Formacion Pisco, Peru. Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica del Peru 99:41-49 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

27986 L. R. Brand, R. Esperante, A. V. Chadwick, O. P. Porras, and M. Alomia. 2004. Fossil whale preservation implies high diatom accumulation rate in the Miocene-Pliocene Pisco Formation of Peru. Geology 32(2):165-168 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
81296 D. Ochoa, T. J. DeVries, K. Quispe, A. Barbosa-Espitia, R. Salas-Gismondi, D. A. Foster, R. Gonzales, S. Revillon, R. Berrospi, L. Pairazamán, J. Cardich, A. Perez, P. Romero, M. Urbina, and M. Carré. 2022. Age and provenance of the Mio-Pleistocene sediments from the Sacaco area, Peruvian continental margin. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 116:103799 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
78038 D. Ochoa, R. Salas-Gismondi, T. J. DeVries, P. Baby, C. Muizon, A. Altamirano, A. Barbosa‐Espitia, D. A. Foster, K. Quispe, J. Cardich, D. Gutiérrez, A. Perez, J. Valqui, M. Urbina, and M. Carré. 2021. Late Neogene evolution of the Peruvian margin and its ecosystems: a synthesis from the Sacaco record. International Journal of Earth Sciences [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
81650 R. Salas-Gismondi, D. Ochoa, S. Jouve, P. E. Romero, J. Cardich, A. Perez, T. DeVries, P. Baby, M. Urbina and M. Carré. 2022. Miocene fossils from the southeastern Pacific shed light on the last radiation of marine crocodylians. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289:20220380:1-10 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]