Near La Tortuga, southwest coast of Paita Peninsula (Cretaceous of Peru)

Where: Peru (5.4° S, 81.0° W: paleocoordinates 6.8° S, 65.9° W)

When: Baculites zone, Radiolite Sandstones Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• ?Baculites Iyelli zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the PRI

Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1944. Contributions to the paleontology of northern Peru: Part VII. The Cretaceous of the Paita Region. Bulletins of American Paleontology 28(111):159-304 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177977: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.04.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Perustrombus wheeleri n. gen. n. sp.
Perustrombus wheeleri n. gen. n. sp. snail