Where: Manabi, Ecuador (1.0° N, 79.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° N, 78.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Esmeraldas Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• AGE: Stated to be Late Miocene in text; Early Pliocene following Beu (2010). COMMENTS: thought to be equivalent to the Borbon formation of the Rio Santiago section, resting unconformably on top of conglomerate beds containing Turritella altilira and other Miocene fossils probably not greater than 300 meters in thickness overlain unconformably by massive to wellbedded brown sandstones
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•The beds at Quebrada Camarones have a low notherly to nearly horizontal dip, the cutbanks showing bare exposures sometimes rising as high as 30 feet
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, brown, yellow sandstone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1964. Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador [A. Miller/K. Bulinski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60771: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 22.05.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Fissidentalium) esmeraldum tusk shell
Dentalium (Dentalium) equisetum n. sp. tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Anadara (Sectiarca) henekeni Maury 1917 ark | |
Limopsis zonalis clam | |
"Chlamys woodringi" = Argopecten woodringi, "Pecten (Euvola) cf. bowdenensis" = Euvola bowdenensis
"Pecten (Euvola) cf. bowdenensis" = Euvola bowdenensis Dall 1898 scallop | |
"Lima (Acesta) hertleini" = Acesta
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"Moerella meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis, Psammotreta muisna, "Psammacoma tagua" = Macoma (Psammacoma), "Moerella yapa" = Tellina (Moerella), "Phyllodina phragmites" = Tellina (Phyllodina)
"Moerella meropsis" = Tampaella meropsis Dall 1900 tellin clam | |
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"Nuculana (Saccella) ornata" = Saccella ornata
"Nuculana (Saccella) ornata" = Saccella ornata d'Orbigny 1845 pointed nut clam | |
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Gastropoda | |
Bathybembix dalliana n. sp.
Bathybembix dalliana n. sp. Olsson 1964 snail | |
Puncturella (Esmeria) palmerae n. sp. puncturella | |
Calliostoma dryope n. sp. top snail
Calliostoma nicolum n. sp. top snail
Calliostoma tegulum n. sp. Olsson 1964 top snail | |
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Sthenorytis hertelini n. sp. wentletrap
Scalina ferminiana Dall 1908 wentletrap | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Stigmaulax elenae, "Natica (Naticarius) othella" = Naticarius, Natica (Naticarius) cf. scethra, Polinices (Polinices) brunneus
Stigmaulax elenae moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) othella" = Naticarius moon snail SUBSPECIES: Natica (Naticarius) othella burica
Natica (Naticarius) cf. scethra Dall 1908 moon snail
Polinices (Polinices) brunneus moon snail | |
Capulus pacificus n. sp.
Capulus pacificus n. sp. snail | |
Ficus perplexa n. sp., Ficus lanzi n. sp.
Ficus perplexa n. sp. fig shell
Ficus lanzi n. sp. Olsson 1964 fig shell | |
Fusiturricula fusinella Dall 1908 ribbed mitre | |
"Mitra (Subcancilla) musa n. sp." = Subcancilla
"Mitra (Subcancilla) musa n. sp." = Subcancilla mitre shell | |
"Strombina (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis n. sp." = Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis, Anachis (Anachis) laudabilis n. sp., Anachis (Alia) proba n. sp.
"Strombina (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis n. sp." = Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) esmeraldensis Olsson 1964 snail
Anachis (Anachis) laudabilis n. sp. snail
Anachis (Alia) proba n. sp. snail | |
"Kelletia ecuadoriana n. sp." = Siphonalia (Kelletia), Neosconsia ecuadoriana n. sp., Cantharus scissus n. sp., Antillophos abundans n. sp., Metaphos pacificus n. sp., Metaphos scillus n. sp., Metaphos calathus n. sp.
"Kelletia ecuadoriana n. sp." = Siphonalia (Kelletia) true whelk
Neosconsia ecuadoriana n. sp. Olsson 1964 true whelk
Cantharus scissus n. sp. true whelk
Antillophos abundans n. sp. true whelk
Metaphos pacificus n. sp. true whelk
Metaphos scillus n. sp. true whelk
Metaphos calathus n. sp. true whelk | |
Gordanops esmeraldensus n. sp., Nassarius (Uzita) hylus n. sp.
Gordanops esmeraldensus n. sp. snail
Nassarius (Uzita) hylus n. sp. Olsson 1964 snail | |
Fusinus (Fusinus) vokesi n. sp., Fusinus (Fusinus) esmeraldus n. sp., Fusinus (Fusinus) terryi n. sp., Latirus concentricus
Fusinus (Fusinus) vokesi n. sp. snail
Fusinus (Fusinus) esmeraldus n. sp. snail
Fusinus (Fusinus) terryi n. sp. snail
Latirus concentricus snail | |
"Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi" = Massyla terryi, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) esmeralda, "Trigonostoma thisbe n. sp." = Axelella thisbe, Cancellaria (Euclia) serrata, "Cancellaria (Hertleinia) marksi n. sp." = Hertleinia marksi
"Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi" = Massyla terryi Olsson 1942 snail
"Trigonostoma thisbe n. sp." = Axelella thisbe Olsson 1964 snail
"Cancellaria (Hertleinia) marksi n. sp." = Hertleinia marksi Olsson 1964 snail | |
Oliva (Ispidula) cf. splendidula olive snail | |
Gemmula arundia, Scobinella ecuadoriana, Lepicythara camaronensis, Polystira fargoi, Polystira oxytropis
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Conus cf. granozonatus Guppy 1866 cone shell
Conus cacuminatus Spieker 1922 cone shell | |
Agladrillia gracilis, Agladrillia minys, "Hindsiclava militaris" = Crassispira (Hindsiclava) militaris
"Hindsiclava militaris" = Crassispira (Hindsiclava) militaris Hinds, in Reeve 1843 snail | |
"Ancistrosyrinx cedonulli" = Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli, Aforia ecuadoriana, Nannoidella cf. nana
Nannoidella cf. nana snail | |
Strioterebrum camaronense, "Strioterebrum guanabanum" = Strioterebrum guanabana
"Strioterebrum guanabanum" = Strioterebrum guanabana Olsson 1942 auger snail | |
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"Calliotectum fischeri n. sp." = Teremachia fischeri
"Calliotectum fischeri n. sp." = Teremachia fischeri Olsson 1964 volute | |
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Prunum (Prunum) godini n. sp.
Prunum (Prunum) godini n. sp. Olsson 1964 margin shell | |
Dalium ecuadorium snail
Echinophoria woodringi Olsson 1964 snail | |
Xenophora dilecta carrier shell | |
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