Taphonomy and palaeoecology of the lower Miocene marine vertebrate assemblage of Ullujaya (Chilcatay Formation, East Pisco Basin, southern Peru)

• Published in: Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology Vol. 511; pp. 256 - 279
• Main Authors: Bianucci, Giovanni, Collareta, Alberto, Bosio, Giulia, Landini, Walter, Gariboldi, Karen, Gioncada, Anna, Lambert, Olivier, Malinverno, Elisa, de Muizon, Christian, Varas-Malca, Rafael, Villa, Igor Maria, Coletti, Giovanni, Urbina, Mario, Di Celma, Claudio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.12.2018; Elsevier
• Subjects: apatite; basins; bones; Burdigalian; carbonates; Carcharhinus; Cetacea; Earth Sciences; Elasmobranchii; Fossil-Lagerstätte; juveniles; mineralization; Miocene epoch; Palaeoenvironments; paleoecology; Paleontology; Peru; pyrite; Sciences of the Universe; sharks; Taphonomy; turtles; Peru; Burdigalian; Elasmobranchii; Fossil-Lagerstätte; Cetacea; Palaeoenvironments; Taphonomy

The taphonomy and palaeoecology of the early Miocene (Burdigalian) vertebrate assemblage of Ullujaya (East Pisco Basin, Peru) is here described. Vertebrate remains are concentrated in marine facies (Ct1a association) of the exposed Chilcatay Formation (dated 19–18 Ma) deposited within a 30–40 m deep...