Where: Peru (4.7° S, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.1° S, 114.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: P4c-P5 foram zone, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• said to have been collected in the Máncora Formation, but this is rejected by the authors based on planktonic foram biostratigraphy that indicates a "P4c-P5; late Thanetian" age
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. A. Olsson; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: M. Friedman and G. D. Johnson. 2005. A new species of Mene (Perciformes: Menidae) from the Paleocene of South America, with notes on paleoenvironment and a brief review of menid fishes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):770-783 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 112144: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.07.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Actinopteri | |
Mene purdyi n. sp.
Mene purdyi n. sp. Friedman and Johnson 2005 moonfish |