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Mirador Conglomerates near Tamarindo, Piura, Peru
| Lat/Long (Decimal) | -4.875,-80.975 |
|---|---|
| Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Piura, Peru |
Collections
| Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirador Conglomerates near Tamarindo | Olsson A. A. (1931) | Chira - Mirador | Olsson assigned the Mirador Conglomerates to the Mancora Formation (now considered Early Oligocene - Higley, 2004), but Palacios (1994) stated that the Mirador Conglomerate is the middle unit of the Chira Formation, or the middle formation of the Chira Group. The entire area around Tamarindo is mapped as Chira Formation/Group by Palacios (1994), indicating that this locality should be within the Chira Group. The Chira contains diatoms indicative of a latest Eocene age (Marty et al., 1988; Koizum | sandstone | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Recorded Fossils
| Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Aturia peruvianaspecies | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Aturiidae : Aturia : Aturia peruviana | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
 Ampullina bravoensisspecies | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Ampullinidae : Ampullina : Ampullina bravoensis | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
| Ampullinopsis spenceri species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architaenioglossa : Ampullinidae : Ampullinopsis : Ampullina spenceri | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
| Hannatoma emendorferi species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Thiaridae : Hannatoma : Hannatoma emendorferi | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
References
| Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63 |
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!
