Where: Santa Elena, Ecuador (2.3° S, 80.8° W: paleocoordinates 4.8° S, 73.8° W)
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When: Seca Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary shale
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,
Primary reference: R. Hoffstetter. 1958. Un serpent marin du genre Pterosphenus (Pt. Sheppardi nov. sp.) dans L’Éocène supérieur de L’Équateur (Amérique de Sud). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 6:45-50 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48076: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 12.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Reptilia | |
Pterosphenus sheppardi n. sp.
Pterosphenus sheppardi n. sp. Hoffstetter 1958 snake |