TU 1397 - Quebrada Camarones (Pliocene of Ecuador)

Also known as CRB 284; P-100; LACMIP locality 16944

Where: Ecuador (1.0° N, 79.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° N, 78.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Esmeraldas Member (Onzole Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• Esmeraldas beds, upper Onzole Formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; poorly lithified, tuffaceous, calcareous shale

• Shallow-water gravity-flows, which brought the Esmeraldas fauna into the deep water (1000 m) from shallow water, on the order of 75 m.
• Highly foraminiferal, tuffaceous shales.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH, USNM

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collections reposited in the BMNH, USNM, and Tulane University. Collections BMNH by C.R. Bristow have loc.# CRB 284

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41757: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.07.2004, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• Taxonomic list only contains species taxonomically described in reference.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Dalium ecuadorianum1 Olsson 1942 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Zonaria (Pseudozonaria) cathyae n. sp.3 Groves 1997 cowry
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Harpa crenata7 Swainson 1822 snail
Harpa isthmica2 Vokes 1984 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ceratostoma notiale8, Murexsul pitti8, Murexsul sp.8, Hexaplex ambiguus8, "Murexiella lappa" = Favartia lappa8, "Typhis (Talityphis) latipennis" = Typhina8, Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) ecuadoria8, Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) marksi8, "? Murex (Haustellum) ruthrae" = Haustellum8, "Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) sp." = Phyllonotus8, "Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) globosus" = Phyllonotus8, Poirieria (Paziella) meridionalis8, Poirieria (Poirieria) actinophora8
Ceratostoma notiale8 murex snail
Murexsul pitti8 murex snail
Murexsul sp.8 Iredale 1915 murex snail
Hexaplex ambiguus8 murex snail
"Murexiella lappa" = Favartia lappa8 Broderip 1833 murex snail
"Typhis (Talityphis) latipennis" = Typhina8 murex snail
Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) marksi8 Olsson 1964 murex snail
"? Murex (Haustellum) ruthrae" = Haustellum8 murex snail
"Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) sp." = Phyllonotus8 Swainson 1830 murex snail
"Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) globosus" = Phyllonotus8 murex snail
 Neogastropoda -
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp.8 Bruguière 1789 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae
Cantharus sp.8 Röding 1798 true whelk
Truncaria pitti10 true whelk
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema togatum4 Hertlein and Strong 1951 wentletrap
"Amaea (Scalina) ferminiana" = Scalina ferminiana2 Dall 1908 wentletrap
Sthenorytis turbinus2 Dall 1908 wentletrap
Sthenorytis dianae2 Hinds 1844 wentletrap