UWBM B8772 (Eocene of Peru)

Also known as DV 5061-1

Where: Peru (14.9° S, 75.5° W: paleocoordinates 17.3° S, 64.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Cuenca Member (Caballas Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• late early Eocene

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. J. Devries. 2019. Early Paleogene brackish-water molluscs from the Caballas Formation of the East Pisco Basin (Southern Peru). Journal of Natural History 53(25-26):1533-1584 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205244: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina ortoni Gabb 1870 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea cf. aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea cf. aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Rhombopsis longinquus n. sp. Devries 2019 snail
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Melanella indicaformis Devries 2019 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Rhinotamides everriculum Devries 2019 horn snail
Potamides henryi n. sp. Devries 2019 horn snail
Papposilenus utriculus n. gen. n. sp. Devries 2019 horn snail
Nodifaunus gainesi Devries 2019 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella capistrata Devries 2019 turret shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Incanopsis fastigiata n. sp. Devries 2019 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ambigostrea sechura" = Ostrea (Lopha) sechura
"Ambigostrea sechura" = Ostrea (Lopha) sechura Olsson 1944 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Brachidontes euglyphus" = Brachidontes (Hormomya) euglyphus
"Brachidontes euglyphus" = Brachidontes (Hormomya) euglyphus Woods 1922 mussel
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinoides plenicostatus n. sp. Devries 2019 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Pleuriocardia (Incacardium) schneideri n. sp. Devries 2019 cockle
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Incatina collinsae n. gen. n. sp.
Incatina collinsae n. gen. n. sp. Devries 2019 clam