Near Quercotilla (Eocene of Peru)
Where: Peru (4.8° S, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 7.3° S, 73.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chira Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, black, carbonaceous shale
• 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
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 179594: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.06.2016
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Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
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Bursa chira Olsson 1930 frog shell | |
"Cypraea (Cypraedia) chira" = Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) multicarinata
"Cypraea (Cypraedia) chira" = Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) multicarinata Dall 1890 snail | |
Strigatella peruviana n. sp.
Strigatella peruviana n. sp. Olsson 1931 mitre shell | |
Latirus quercotillaensis n. sp.
Latirus quercotillaensis n. sp. snail | |
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Cyrtochetus ? chiraensis Olsson 1931 true whelk | |
Harpa myria n. sp.
Harpa myria n. sp. snail | |
Clathrodrillia mira n. sp.
Clathrodrillia mira n. sp. Olsson 1931 snail | |