Where: Peru (14.3° S, 75.9° W: paleocoordinates 14.7° S, 73.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pisco Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• lower
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: J. F. Parham and N. D. Pyenson. 2010. New sea turtle from the Miocene of Peru and iterative evolution of feeding ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):231-247 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 95373: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Incatella hupei Nielsen in DeVries 2007 turret shell | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark | |
Mammalia | |
Chimuziphius coloradensis n. gen. n. sp.
Chimuziphius coloradensis n. gen. n. sp. Bianucci et al. 2016 beaked whale | |
Brachydelphis sp. Muizon 1988 toothed whale | |
Reptilia | |
Pacifichelys urbinai n. gen. n. sp.
Pacifichelys urbinai n. gen. n. sp. Parham and Pyenson 2010 sea turtle | |
Aves | |
Sulidae indet. Reichenbach 1849 booby |