Upper Zorritos (Miocene of Peru)
Where: Peru (3.7° S, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 4.9° S, 76.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Zorritos Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• upper part of Zorritos Fm.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; yellow, conglomeratic sandstone
• yellow or orange-colored sandstones and pebble conglomerates
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson. 1932. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 5, Miocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 19(68):1-272 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 66178: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 03.10.2006