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Cerro Organos, Piura, Peru
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -4.2,-81.15 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Piura, Peru |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Cerro Organos | Miller A. K., Downs H. R. (1950) | Terebratula | "Lomitos sandstone". The basal shallow-water unit of the Talara shale group is the Terebratula sandstone and its southern equivalent, the Lomitos conglomerate (also known as the "Orthophragmina sand"). | "shale" | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Aturia peruviana species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Aturiidae : Aturia : Aturia peruviana | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
Deltoidonautilus haughti species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Deltoidonautilus : Deltoidonautilus haughti | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
References
Miller A. K., Downs H. R. (1950) Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas: supplement, Journal of Paleontology 24, 1-18 |
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!