Where: Manabi, Ecuador (0.2° N, 80.3° W: paleocoordinates 0.0° S, 79.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jama Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Rests upon Miocene strata with a marked unconformity. Thickness is approximately 15 ft. Collection is from the lower part of Zone B.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, concretionary, blue sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Probably collected by current authors, though text also makes referal to faunal lists by Sheppard (1930) and a collecton of Barker.
Primary reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51886: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula sp., "Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
"Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricatum" = Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata Sowerby 1824 slipper shell | |
Crassispira guayana n. sp.
Crassispira guayana n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 snail | |
Turritella pasada n. sp.
Turritella pasada n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 turret shell | |
Oliva spicata Durham 1950 olive snail
"Oliva angulata" = Oliva (Oliva) incrassata Lightfoot 1786 olive snail
Olivella semistriata olive snail | |
Eupleura muriciformis Broderip 1833 murex snail
Phyllonotus brassica murex snail | |
Cymatophos galerus, Nassa tinosa n. sp., Hanetia ecuadorensis n. sp., Hanetia boggsi n. sp., Hanetia cymioides n. sp., Northia northiae, Phos cf. gaudens, Metula amosi
Cymatophos galerus Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk
Nassa tinosa n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk
Hanetia ecuadorensis n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk
Hanetia boggsi n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk
Hanetia cymioides n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 true whelk
Northia northiae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon 1833 true whelk
Phos cf. gaudens true whelk
Metula amosi Vanatta 1913 true whelk | |
Tritiaria ecuadoriana n. sp., "Nassa (Arcularia) puntablancoensis" = Nassarius (Arcularia)
Tritiaria ecuadoriana n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 snail
"Nassa (Arcularia) puntablancoensis" = Nassarius (Arcularia) snail | |
"Strombina recurva" = Strombina (Recurvina) recurva, "Strombina ecuadoriana n. sp." = Strombina (Sinuina) ecuadoriana, Aesopus (Glyptaesopus) perornatus n. sp.
"Strombina recurva" = Strombina (Recurvina) recurva Sowerby 1832 snail
"Strombina ecuadoriana n. sp." = Strombina (Sinuina) ecuadoriana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 snail
Aesopus (Glyptaesopus) perornatus n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 dovesnail | |
Cancellaria (Euclia) harpiformis n. sp., "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) yolandia n. sp." = Cancellaria yolandia, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) ventricosa, "Cancellaria (Peruclia) bulbulus" = Cancellaria (Pyruclia) bulbulus, "Cancellaria (Peruclia) solida" = Pyruclia solida
Cancellaria (Euclia) harpiformis n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 snail
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) yolandia n. sp." = Cancellaria yolandia Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 snail
"Cancellaria (Peruclia) bulbulus" = Cancellaria (Pyruclia) bulbulus Sowerby 1832 snail
"Cancellaria (Peruclia) solida" = Pyruclia solida Sowerby 1832 snail | |
Conus cacuminatus Spieker 1922 cone shell
Conus pyriformis Reeve 1843 cone shell
Conus regularis Sowerby 1841 cone shell | |
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) cracilenta" = Strioterebrum, Terebra (Strioterebrum) cuenca n. sp., Terebra (Strioterebrum) tumaca n. sp., Terebra (Terebra) elena n. sp.
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) cracilenta" = Strioterebrum auger snail
Terebra (Strioterebrum) cuenca n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 auger snail
Terebra (Strioterebrum) tumaca n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 auger snail
Terebra (Terebra) elena n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 auger snail | |
Ficus ventricosus fig shell | |
"Cypraea cayapa n. sp." = Muracypraea cayapa
"Cypraea cayapa n. sp." = Muracypraea cayapa Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 cowry | |
"Distorsio decussatus" = Distorsio decussata
"Distorsio decussatus" = Distorsio decussata Valenciennes 1832 snail | |
Malea ringens Swainson 1822 tun shell | |
"Bursa nana" = Marsupina nana
"Bursa nana" = Marsupina nana Broderip and Sowerby 1829 frog shell | |
Polinices panamensis moon snail
Polinices rapulum moon snail
Natica broderipana moon snail
Natica marochiensis Gmelin 1791 moon snail | |
"Cerithium stercusmuscarum" = Cerithium (Thericium) stercusmuscarum
"Cerithium stercusmuscarum" = Cerithium (Thericium) stercusmuscarum Valenciennes 1833 snail | |
"Architectonica nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis, "Architectonica sexlinearis" = Architectonica nobilis
"Architectonica nobilis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
"Architectonica sexlinearis" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial | |
Bivalvia | |
"Eucrassatella gibbosa" = Hybolophus gibbosus
"Eucrassatella gibbosa" = Hybolophus gibbosus Sowerby 1832 clam Subspecies: Eucrassatella gibbosa tucilla
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"Corbula ovulata" = Caryocorbula ovulata
"Corbula ovulata" = Caryocorbula ovulata Sowerby 1835 clam | |
Chione (Chionopsis) jamaniana n. sp., "Chione (Lirophora) gorgona n. sp." = Lirophora mariae, "Anomalocardia callistoides n. sp." = Iliochione callistoides, Pitar salanga, Cyclinella galera n. sp., Clementia (Egesta) solida
Chione (Chionopsis) jamaniana n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) gorgona n. sp." = Lirophora mariae d'Orbigny 1846 venus clam
"Anomalocardia callistoides n. sp." = Iliochione callistoides Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 venus clam
Pitar salanga Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 venus clam
Cyclinella galera n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 venus clam
Clementia (Egesta) solida venus clam | |
"Labiosa undulata" = Raeta undulata
"Labiosa undulata" = Raeta undulata Gould 1851 clam | |
"Mactra (Mactrella) alata" = Mactrellona alata, Harvella elegans, "Mactra (Micromactra) atacama n. sp." = Mactrotoma angusta
"Mactra (Mactrella) alata" = Mactrellona alata Spengler 1802 clam
"Mactra (Micromactra) atacama n. sp." = Mactrotoma angusta Reeve 1854 surfclam | |
"Laevicardium pedernalense n. sp." = Laevicardium substriatum, "Cardium (Trigoniocardia) spiekeri" = Apiocardia spiekeri, Cardium (Trachycardium) ballenium n. sp.
"Laevicardium pedernalense n. sp." = Laevicardium substriatum Conrad 1837 cockle
"Cardium (Trigoniocardia) spiekeri" = Apiocardia spiekeri Hanna and Israelsky 1925 cockle
Cardium (Trachycardium) ballenium n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 cockle | |
Semele laevis Sowerby 1833 clam | |
Macoma plebeia, Tellina (Eurytellina) panamanensis, Tellina (Eurytellina) prora, Tellina (Macaliopsis) aequizonata n. sp.
Macoma plebeia tellin clam
Tellina (Eurytellina) panamanensis tellin clam
Tellina (Eurytellina) prora Hanley 1844 tellin clam
Tellina (Macaliopsis) aequizonata n. sp. Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 tellin clam | |
Solecurtus broggii Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 clam | |
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"Arca (Cunearca) aequitorialis" = Anadara (Cunearca), "Arca (Cunearca) zorritoensis" = Anadara (Cunearca) zorritoensis, "Arca (Scapharca) obesa" = Anadara obesa, "Arca (Argina) brevifrons" = Lunarca brevifrons
"Arca (Cunearca) aequitorialis" = Anadara (Cunearca) ark
"Arca (Cunearca) zorritoensis" = Anadara (Cunearca) zorritoensis Spieker 1922 ark [entered as Arca (Cunearca) zorritensis]
"Arca (Scapharca) obesa" = Anadara obesa Sowerby 1833 ark
"Arca (Argina) brevifrons" = Lunarca brevifrons Sowerby I 1833 ark | |
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846 oyster | |
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle | |
Pecten ventrcosus scallop
Pecten nelsoni scallop |