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, A., Lambert, O., Landini, W., Bosio, G., Gariboldi, K., Gioncada, A., de Muizon, C., Molli, G., Marx, F. G., Varas-Malca, R. M., Urbina, M., Bianucci, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Allostratigraphy; facies analysi; vertebrate paleontology; Pisco; baleen whales
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11568/990959; https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2019.1604439; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2019.1604439

Based on mapping of laterally traceable stratigraphic discontinuities, we propose a high-resolution allostratigraphic scheme for one of the world's foremost fossil marine vertebrate Lagerstatten: the lower Miocene strata of the Chilcatay Formation exposed along the Ica River near Zamaca, southe...