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 Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details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