K-493, Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline, Esmeraldas Beds, Ecuador - Vokes (1988) (Pliocene of Ecuador)

Also known as K-493

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-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 NMB

• Collections reposited in Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel. Collected by P. Jung

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes. 1988. Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Esmeraldas Beds, northwestern Ecuador. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 21(1):1-50 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 42226: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Taxonomic list only contains species taxonomically described in reference.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricopsis oxytata murex snail