Playa Atenas, north (Oligocene of Peru)

Also known as 95DV 832

Where: Peru (13.8° S, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 15.9° S, 69.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Otuma Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• bioclastic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. J. DeVries. 1998. Oligocene deposition and Cenozoic sequence boundaries in the Pisco Basin (Peru). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 11(3):217-231 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 208342: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.03.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
spines
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella woodsi Lisson 1925 turret shell
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle