Lomitos (Eocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (4.6° S, 81.2° W: paleocoordinates 13.4° S, 110.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Lomitos cherts

Environment/lithology: marine; chert

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63) [L. Ivany/L. Ivany]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205238: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina lomitensis n. sp." = Nipponothracia lomitensis
"Lucina lomitensis n. sp." = Nipponothracia lomitensis Olsson 1931 clam