Corrales (Miocene of Peru)

Where: Tumbes, Peru (3.7° S, 80.6° W: paleocoordinates 4.4° S, 77.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: upper Member (Zorritos Formation), Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2:1-225 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203573: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Encope peruviana Brighton 1926 sand dollar