Where: Peru (7.4° S, 78.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 3.7° S, 37.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Inca Formation, Early/Lower Albian (112.0 - 109.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Inca Fm, which overlies the Goyllarisquisga Fm (Aptian), and is overlain by the Chulec Fm (Albian). AGE: Early Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy; Parahoplites nicholsoni.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: V. E. Benavides. REPOSITORY: AMNH.
Primary reference: V.E. Benavides-Caceres. 1956. Cretaceous system in northern Peru. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 108(4):1-493 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 158985: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.07.2014
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Taxonomic list
| Cephalopoda | |
"Parahoplites nicholsoni n. sp." = Neodeshayesites nicholsoni, Parahoplites quilla, "Parahoplites inti" = Neodeshayesites inti
"Parahoplites nicholsoni n. sp." = Neodeshayesites nicholsoni Benavides-Caceres 1956 ammonite
Parahoplites quilla Benavides-Caceres 1956 ammonite
"Parahoplites inti" = Neodeshayesites inti Benavides-Caceres 1956 ammonite | |
"Knemiceras ollonense" = Glottoceras ollonense
"Knemiceras ollonense" = Glottoceras ollonense Gabb 1877 ammonite | |
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Desmoceras chimuense Benavides-Caceres 1956 ammonite | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Buchotrigonia abrupta von Buch 1838 clam | |
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Yaadia hondoana clam | |