The Miocene Pisco Formation, broadly exposed in the Ica Desert of southern Peru, is among the most outstanding Cenozoic marine Fossil-Lagerstätten worldwide. It is renowned for its …
New age estimates obtained via Strontium Isotope (87 Sr/86 Sr) Stratigraphy and new paleoclimatic data are here presented for the Miocene Chilcatay and Pisco formations …
The northward-flowing Humboldt Current hosts perpetually high levels of productivity along the western coast of South America. Here, we aim to elucidate the deep-time history of this …
Bioapatite of fossil bone and teeth is susceptible to alteration and ion exchange during burial and diagenesis, varying its Sr content through the geological time. Nevertheless, fossil …
The taphonomy and palaeoecology of the early Miocene (Burdigalian) vertebrate assemblage of Ullujaya (East Pisco Basin, Peru) is here described. Vertebrate remains are …
The Cenozoic succession of the East Pisco Basin preserves the sedimentary record of several episodes of deformation of the forearc crust along the Peruvian margin. The 1 …
Fossil bones, together with teeth, are the most common remains of vertebrates that could manage to get preserved over geological times, providing information on the diagenetic and …
Tube-dwelling cirratulids from the Miocene Chilcatay and Pisco Formations of southern Peru are described herein for the first time. These worms constitute tube aggregates cropping out …
A newly discovered elasmobranch assemblage from the fossil-bearing area of Zamaca (Chilcatay Formation, southern Peru) is described herein, providing a first comprehensive …