South of Negritos: Thanetian, Peru
collected by A. A. Olsson

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Acaranina nitida
Acaranina soldadoensis
Actinopteri - Menidae
Mene purdyi n. sp. Friedman and Johnson 2005
Globigerinidae
Subbotina velascoensis
Hedbergellidae
Globanomalina chapmani
Chiloguembelinidae
Chiloguembelina crinita
Truncorotaloididae
Morozovella aequa
Morozovella gracilis
Morozovella marginodentata
Morozovella subbotinae
Morozovella velascoensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru
Coordinates: 4.7° South, 81.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.1° South, 114.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Thanetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Thanetian Foram zone: P4c-P5
Age range of interval:59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: said to have been collected in the Máncora Formation, but this is rejected by the authors based on planktonic foram biostratigraphy that indicates a "P4c-P5; late Thanetian" age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Lithology description: "siliceous matrix" or "hemipelagic sediments and microcrystalline silica"
Environment:offshore shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,sieve,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:A. A. Olsson
Metadata
Database number:112144
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-07-05 11:23:56 Last modified:2011-07-04 21:34:32
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-05 11:23:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36607. M. Friedman and G. D. Johnson. 2005. A new species of Mene (Perciformes: Menidae) from the Paleocene of South America, with notes on paleoenvironment and a brief review of menid fishes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):770-783 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]