Where: Amazonas, Peru (6.4° S, 77.9° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 18.4° S, 36.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Chambara Formation (Pucara Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: P. Prinz. 1985. Stratigraphie und Ammonitenfauna der Pucara-Gruppe (Obertrias-Unterjura) von Nord-Peru [Stratigraphy and ammonite fauna of the Pucara Group (Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic) in northern Peru]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 188:153-197 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100242: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Oxytoma cf. kiparisovae Tozer 1961 scallop | |
Monotis typica Kiparisova 1936 scallop
"Monotis subcircularis" = Monotis (Entomonotis) subcircularis Gabb 1864 scallop
Monotis scutiformis Teller 1886 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Cyrtopleurites sp. Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite |