Atascadero (Eocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (4.4° S, 81.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 71.8° W)

When: Atascadero Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. G. Brighton. 1926. Eocene echinoids from N.W. Peru. Geological Magazine 63(8):359-371 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203222: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"? Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
"? Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram
Echinoidea
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas atascaderensis n. sp.
Echinolampas atascaderensis n. sp. Brighton 1926 sea urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Oligopygidae
Oligopygus sp., Oligopygus ovumserpentis
Oligopygus sp. sand dollar
Oligopygus ovumserpentis Guppy 1866 sand dollar
n. var. baldryi
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Rhynchopygus peruvianus n. sp.
Rhynchopygus peruvianus n. sp. Brighton 1926 sea urchin
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
"lamellibranchia"