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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Muricopsis oxytata murex snail |