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Taime - El Nuro, Piura, Peru
Formation | Taime |
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Member | El Nuro |
Age: | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene |
Interval | Early Pleistocene |
Lithology | siliciclastic |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 2 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Bahia Taime [Carrizo Mbr | Piura, Peru | Taime - El Nuro |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Mancora Tablazo | 2.59 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | mixed carbonate-siliciclastic, "siliciclastic" | 96 |
Taime - Carrizo | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic | siliciclastic | 29 |
Taime - Golf Course | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic | sandstone/siltstone, "siliciclastic" | 6 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Ophiomorpha sp. genus | Ophiomorpha | 2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene |
Skolithos sp. genus | Skolithos | 2.588 - 0.781 Ma Pleistocene |
References
DeVries T. J. (1988) The geology of late Cenozoic marine terraces (tablazos) in northwestern Peru, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 1 2, 121-136 |
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!