Where: Peru (15.1° S, 74.1° W: paleocoordinates 15.3° S, 72.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pisco Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• (age after Ehret et al 2012)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; tuffaceous, sandy siltstone and coarse-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Muizon and T. J. DeVries. 1985. Geology and paleontology of late Cenozoic marine deposits in the Sacaco area (Peru). Geologische Rundschau 74(3):547-563 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89521: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.05.2009
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