Quebrada Pajaritos (Miocene of Peru)
Where: Piura, Peru (5.2° S, 80.6° W: paleocoordinates 5.6° S, 79.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Miramar Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Collection methods: Instituto de Paleontología de la Universidad de Piura
Primary reference: J. Apolín, G. González-Barba, and J. N. Martínez. 2007. Seláceos del Mioceno superior de Quebrada Pajaritos (Piura, Perú). XII Congreso Peruano de Geología. Resúmenes Extendidos [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]more details
PaleoDB collection 162465: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 25.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
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Delphinoidea indet. Brown 1827 snail | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1843 megalodon | |
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Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
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Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
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Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 sand shark | |
Negaprion brevirostris, Galeocerdo aduncus, Carcharhinus brachyurus, Carcharhinus falciformis, Carcharhinus leucas
Negaprion brevirostris Poey 1868 lemon shark
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1843 tiger shark
Carcharhinus brachyurus Gunther 1870 requiem shark
Carcharhinus falciformis Bibron 1841 requiem shark
Carcharhinus leucas Valenciennes 1839 requiem shark | |
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Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
Sphyrna lewini Griffith and Smith 1834 hammerhead shark | |
"Hemipristis serra" = Hemipristis heteropleurus
"Hemipristis serra" = Hemipristis heteropleurus Agassiz 1844 ground shark | |
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Ginglymostoma cirratum Gmelin 1789 wobbegong | |
| Reptilia | |
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Chelonioidea indet. sea turtle | |
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Eusuchia indet. crocodilian | |
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Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
| Mammalia | |
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Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual | |
| Aetobatus | |
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Aetobatus sp. Blainville 1816 | |