Near La Tortuga, southwest coast of Paita Peninsula (Cretaceous of Peru)
Where: Peru (5.4° S, 81.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 3.8° S, 59.8° W (Wright 2013)
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
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Gastropoda | |
Perustrombus wheeleri n. gen. n. sp.
Perustrombus wheeleri n. gen. n. sp. snail |