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Las Cruces-Atascadero road, Piura, Peru
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -4.36667,-80.9333 |
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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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Las Cruces-Atascadero road | Johnson J. H., Tafur I. A. (1952) | "limestone" | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Lithophyllum sp. genus | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Lithophyllum | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Lithoporella melobesioides species | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Lithoporella : Lithoporella melobesioides | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Lithothamnion sp. genus | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : Lithothamnion | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Mesophyllum sp. genus | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : Mesophyllum | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Archaeolithothamnion sp. genus | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : Archaeolithothamnion | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
References
Johnson J. H., Tafur I. A. (1952) Coralline Algae from the Eocene Atascadero Limestone, Journal of Paleontology 26 4, 537-543 |
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!