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Punta Arena, Piura, Peru
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -4.60583,-81.2781 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Piura, Peru |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Punta Arena | Berry E. W. (1929) | Chacras | claystone | 55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Iriartites restinensis species | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Arecales : Arecaceae : Iriartites : Iriartites restinensis | 55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene |
Attalea olssoni species | Attalea : Attalea olssoni | 55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene |
Carpolithus jatrophaformis species | Carpolithus : Carpolithus jatrophaformis | 55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene |
References
Berry E. W. (1929) Eocene plants from Restin Formation of Peru, Reprinted from the Panamerican Geologist LI, 240-245 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!