Negritos, Basal Restin (Eocene of Peru)

Where: Piura, Peru (4.6° S, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 13.0° S, 110.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Restin Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• Basal Restin Formation

• 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 86942: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 25.02.2009, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Venericor) restinensis
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
"Haimesiastraea distans" = Haimesiastraea conferta
"Haimesiastraea distans" = Haimesiastraea conferta Vaughan 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina olssoni n. sp.
Oculina olssoni n. sp. Wells 1941 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Lophosmilia yabei n. sp., Paracyathus peruvianus
Lophosmilia yabei n. sp. Wells 1941 stony coral
Paracyathus peruvianus Vaughan 1922 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Trochoseris gerthi n. sp.
Trochoseris gerthi n. sp. Wells 1941 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Goniopora nomlandi n. sp." = Goniopora elegans
"Goniopora nomlandi n. sp." = Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia peruviana, Stephanocoenia storrsi n. sp., Madracis vaughani n. sp.
Stephanocoenia peruviana Vaughan 1922 stony coral
Stephanocoenia storrsi n. sp. Wells 1941 stony coral
Madracis vaughani n. sp. Wells 1941 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia piuraensis n. sp.
Balanophyllia piuraensis n. sp. Wells 1941 stony coral