Quebrada Perdida: Lutetian, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru State/province:Ica
Coordinates: 14.6° South, 75.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.2° South, 63.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Lutetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Lutetian
Age range of interval: 47.8 - 41.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Paracas
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:73817
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-07-02 07:09:03 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-07-02 07:09:03
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

24742. J. A. Clarke, D. T. Ksepka, M. Stucchi, M. Urbina, N. Giannini, S. Bertelli, Y. Narvaez and C. A. Boyd. 2007. Paleogene equatorial penguins challenge the proposed relationship between biogeography, diversity and Cenozoic climate change. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences 104(28):11545-11550 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]