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Quillquiñan, Cajamarca, Peru
Group | Quillquiñan |
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Formation(s) | Conor Romiron |
Age: | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Interval | Early Turonian |
Lithology | limestone, marl |
Number of Collections | 2 |
Number of Occurrences | 11 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Bed 50 | Chota Province, Cajamarca, Peru | Quillquinan - Romiron |
Bed 24 | Cajamarca, Peru | Quillquiñan |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Cajamarca | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | marl/"limestone", "shale", marl/"shale", marl | 15 |
Chulec | 109 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | marl/"limestone", "limestone", "limestone"/marl, "shale"/"limestone", "limestone"/"shale", marl | 43 |
Inca | 112 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | shale/"limestone", "limestone", sandstone, "shale", marl, "carbonate" | 90 |
Pulluicana - Mujarrun - Choro | 101 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | limestone | 2 |
Pulluicana - Mujarrun - Culebra | 101 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | marl | 6 |
Pulluicana - Yumagual | 101 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | marl/"limestone", "limestone"/marl, "shale" | 5 |
Quillquinan - Conor | 93.9 - 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | shale/"limestone", marl, marl/"limestone" | 8 |
Quillquinan - Romiron | 101 - 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | limestone/"shale" | 1 |
Recorded Fossils
References
Benavides-Caceres V.E. (1956) Cretaceous system in northern Peru, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 108 4, 1-493 |
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!