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  • Oyster of Peru

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    Taxonomy

    Nicaisolopha

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: mollusca
    Class: Bivalvia
    Order: Ostreoida
    Family: Ostreidae
    Genus: Nicaisolopha
    Species: Nicaisolopha nicaisei
    Author Citation Cowhand 1862

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Cretaceous
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Turonian

    Stratigraphy

    Celendin Formation

    Provenance

    Date Collected: 04/22/2018
    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 4,5 cm

    Location

    Cajamarca
    Peru

    Comments

    Famous Oyster fossil from Cajamarca, Peru.

    Cajamarca is where the Inca imperor Atahualpa was made prisoner by Francisco Pizarro.

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    Max-fossils

    Max-fossils

    Posted

    Superbe!

    Tu le prepareras un peu plus?

     

     

    (Translation: will you prep it a bit more?)

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    Posted

    Merci Max.

    Non, je ne suis pas assez calée pour ça (Thank you Max. No, i'm not good enough at it).

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