Allostratigraphy and paleontology of the lower Miocene Chilcatay Formation in the Zamaca area, East Pisco basin, southern Peru

• Published in: Journal of Maps
• Main Authors: Di Celma, C., Pierantoni , P. P., Malinverno, E., Collareta, Alberto, Lambert, Olivier, Landini, Walter, Bosio, G., Gariboldi, K., Gioncada, Anna, de Muizon, Christian, Molli , G., Marx, Felix, Varas-Malca, R. M., Urbina, Mario, Bianucci, Giovanni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Allostratigraphy; vertebrate paleontology; facies analysis; Pisco; baleen whales
• Online Access: https://research.monash.edu/en/publications/91d08ad7-6766-4c26-a9ca-2316cc201079; https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2019.1604439; https://researchmgt.monash.edu/ws/files/282193436/282193340_oa.pdf

Based on mapping of laterally traceable stratigraphic discontinuities, we propose a highresolution allostratigraphic scheme for one of the world’s foremost fossil marine vertebrate Lagerstätten: the lower Miocene strata of the Chilcatay Formation exposed along the Ica River near Zamaca, southern Per...