Caracoles Formation
37 distinct taxa, from 45 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 3.6–1.8 Mya.
Arequipa · PE
37 taxa · 45 fossils · 3.6–1.8 MyaLoading coastlines…
3 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Amiantis
- Balanidae
- Cyclinella subquadrata
- Eurhomalea
- Mulinia
- Nassarius
- Pitar
- Alopias
- Aluterus
- Arctocephalus
- Balaenoptera
- Cancellaria buccinoides
- Carcharhinus
- Carcharodon
- Choromytilus chorus
- Crepipatella
- Crepipatella dilatata
- Delphininae
- Ensis macha
- Galeorhinus
- Gyrolithes
- Hydrarctos
- Isurus
- Leukoma asperrima
- Notorhynchus
- Odobenidae
- Oliva peruviana
- Olivella
- Otaria josefinae
- Pandora
- Polinices
- Puffinini
- Sinum cymba
- Spheniscus
- Stenella
- Sula
- Xanthochorus xuster
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.