Where: Peru (4.4° S, 80.9° W: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 73.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; brown, gray limestone
•mollusks, echinoid spines, and Bryozoa, all in a gray matrix of fine calcium-carbonate paste.
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Collected by Benton Stone
• Collection sent to the Colorado School of Mines Museum
Primary reference: J. H. Johnson and I. A. Tafur. 1952. Coralline Algae from the Eocene Atascadero Limestone. Journal of Paleontology 26(4):537-543 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 147804: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 12.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Lithophyllum sierrablancae, Lithophyllum incaensum, Lithophyllum "sp. A", Lithophyllum "sp. B", Lithoporella (Mastophora) melobesioides
Lithophyllum "sp. A" Philippi 1837
Lithophyllum "sp. B" Philippi 1837
Lithoporella (Mastophora) melobesioides Foslie 1909 | |
"Archaeolithothamnion lugeoni" = Sporolithon
"Archaeolithothamnion lugeoni" = Sporolithon |