Casa Saman, Chira Valley (Oligocene of Peru)
Where: Peru (4.9° S, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 7.2° S, 74.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chira Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1941. Cretaceous and Eocene corals from northwestern Peru. Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(26):1-26 [W. Kiessling/M. Nimke/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86945: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 25.02.2009
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Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Cyclomussa concinna n. sp.
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Stylophora chiraensis n. sp.
Stylophora chiraensis n. sp. Wells 1941 stony coral |