DV 739-1 [terrace] (Pliocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (15.5° S, 74.7° W: paleocoordinates 15.7° S, 74.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From terrace deposits overlying the Pisco Fm (early Middle Miocene-Late Pliocene). AGE: Late Pliocene in text, on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text, but appears to be from shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not described in text, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified based on figured specimens and age.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by DeVries; reposited in the UWBM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: DeVries. REPOSITORY: Either UWBM, Washington, or MUSM, Peru.

Primary reference: T. J. DeVries. 2005. The Late Cenozoic history of Xanthochorus Fischer, 1884 (GastropodaL Muricidae) in western South America. The Veliger 47(4):259-276 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80530: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.04.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxon described in publication, and supporting publications NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution taxonomic assignments.
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Xanthochorus buxeus Broderip 1833 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria buccinoides Sowerby 1832 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail