ammonites
DV 631-12 [Chilcatay Fm] (Oligocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (14.2° S, 76.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.0° S, 97.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chilcatay Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Chilcatay Fm, which regionally, unconformably overlies the Otuma Fm (Oligocene) and is unconformably overlain by the Pisco Fm (Middle Miocene-Late Pliocene). AGE: latest Oligocene-early Middle Miocene, for which justification is not stated. Overlain by the Prisco Fm, for which K/Ar dates, siliceous microfossil zonation, and molluscan biostratigraphy supports a Middle Miocene age at its oldest. The collection is placed by the authors within the uppermost Oligocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From basal sandstone above angular unconformity.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text, but appears to be from relatively shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected by DeVries; reposited in the UWBM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: DeVries. REPOSITORY: UWMB, Washington.

Primary reference: T. J. DeVries. 2007. Cenozoic Turritellidae (Gastropoda) from southern Peru. Journal of Paleontology 81(2):331-351 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80467: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.04.2008

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