Lampa Formation, Devonian part, Cerro Monterio, Peru: Helderbergian, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Australocoelia tourteloti
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru
Coordinates: 15.3° South, 70.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:60.8° South, 88.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Early Devonian
10 m.y. bin: Devonian 1-2
*Period:Early/Lower Devonian *Epoch:Helderberg
Key time interval: Helderbergian
Age range of interval: 419.2 - 393.3 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lampa
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:micaceous sandstone
Lithology description: "200 m of yellowish-green, fine-grained Sst and shale, containing Clarkeia and Heterorthella, overlain by a well-stratified sequence of micaceous sandstone more than 400 m thick. Towards the top, these Ssts yield impressions of the Devonian Australocoelia tourteloti and Tentaculites sp."
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:25081
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-08-27 15:27:47 Last modified:2006-09-15 15:14:05
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-27 15:27:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
7031. G. Laubacher, A. J. Boucot, and J. Gray. 1982. Additions to Silurian stratigraphy, lithofacies, biogeography and paleontology of Bolivia and southern Peru. Journal of Paleontology 56(5):1138-1170 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]