Quebrada Caracoles, Caracoles Formation: Piacenzian, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula sp. Brisson 1760
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Spheniscus sp. Brisson 1760
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Puffinini indet.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenidae indet. (Allen 1880)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Arctocephalus sp. Cuvier 1826
? Hydrarctos sp. Muizon 1978
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphininae indet. Flower 1867
Stenella sp. (Gray 1866)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus sp. Ayres 1855
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru
Coordinates: 15.1° South, 75.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.5° South, 76.7° West
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Piacenzian
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Caracoles
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:massive,bioturbation,brown,green sandstone
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: green olive-to-brown medium-grained massive and bioturbated sandstones, interbedded with indurated coquina beds containing bivalves, gastropods, and barnacles
Environment:estuary/bay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:219058
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-03-15 15:16:54 Last modified:2021-09-10 14:31:31
Access level:the public Released:2021-03-15 15:16:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
2580. J. C. Wickert, S. M. von Eye, L. R. Oliveira and I. B. Moreno. 2016. Revalidation of Tursiops gephyreus Lahille, 1908 (Cetartiodactyla: Delphinidae) from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Mammalogy 97(6):1728-1737 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

78038 D. Ochoa, R. Salas-Gismondi, T. J. DeVries, P. Baby, C. Muizon, A. Altamirano, A. Barbosa‐Espitia, D. A. Foster, K. Quispe, J. Cardich, D. Gutiérrez, A. Perez, J. Valqui, M. Urbina, and M. Carré. 2021. Late Neogene evolution of the Peruvian margin and its ecosystems: a synthesis from the Sacaco record. International Journal of Earth Sciences [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]