Where: Peru (15.1° S, 75.5° W: paleocoordinates 19.0° S, 96.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Caballas Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC DATA: From the Caballas Formation, which unconformably overlies the Paracas Fm and is unconformably overlain by the Pisco Fm. AGE: Latest Oligocene-Early Miocene. Collection appears to be Late Oligocene on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From near base of formation, immediately overlying the Paracas Fm.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Machare

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: José Macharé. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: J. Machare, T. DeVries, and E. Fourtanier. 1988. Oligo-Miocene transgression along the Pacifie margin of South America: new paleontological and geological evidence from the Pisco basin (Peru). Géodyynamique 3(1-2):25-37 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80489: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.04.2008

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