ammonites
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