Peruvian sedimentary basin
Pisco Basin (Spanish :Cuenca de Pisco ) is asedimentary basin extending over 300 kilometres (190 mi) in southwestern Peru.[ 1] foreland basins in Peru.[ 2]
The oldest known sediments are theEocene sandstones of theCaballas Formation , while the youngest deposits, the fossiliferousPisco Formation , date to theEarly Pleistocene .[ 2] [ note 1] Coastal Cordillera of southern Peru , the coastal plains, theIca-Nazca Depression and the Andean foothills.[ 3]
The basin is renowned for hosting various highly fossiliferousstratigraphic units ; the Pisco Formation has provided a wealth of marine mammals (including sloths), birds, fish and other groups, as have theChilcatay ,Otuma andParacas Formations .
Stratigraphy of Pisco Basin[ note 2] Age[ 2] [ 5] SALMA [ note 3] Units[ 2] [ 5] Environment [ 2] [ 5] Lithology [ 2] [ 5] [ 6] Pleistocene Uquian Pisco Lagoonal to near-shoreBioclastic conglomerate ,sandstone Middle Miocene Colloncuran Early Miocene Colhuehuapian Chilcatay Marine Siltstone , sandstoneLate Oligocene Deseadan Early Oligocene Late Eocene Tinguirirican Divisaderan Otuma Marine embayment Bioclastic sandstone, sandstone, silty sandstone,mudstone ,dolomitic sediment Late Eocene Divisaderan Paracas Yumaque Mudrock,phosphatic shale,diatomite ,porcellanite ,chert Late Eocene Mustersan Los Choros Inner shelf ,shoreface ,intertidal Bioclastic conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, mudrock Eocene Casamayoran Caballas Fluvial Sandstone,tuff ,coal
Tectonic and sedimentary evolution [ edit ] The basin developed in a setting ofextensional tectonics from Eocene to the Late Miocene with short-lived episode of basin inversion in the Middle Miocene.[ 7] Pleistocene uplift of the basin may be consequence of thesubduction ofNazca Ridge .[ 2] [ 8]
Sedimentary strata of the basin shows evidence for a series ofmarine transgressions during the last50 million years .[ 9] Ma , 31-28 Ma, 25-16 Ma, 15-11 Ma, 10-5 Ma, and 4-2 Ma.[ 9] global sea level falls orcompressional events in the Andes .[ 9]
Oligo-Miocene transgression [ edit ] The marineOligo -Miocene (25–16 Ma[ 9] sedimentary strata containing fossils of marinediatoms ,Peruchilus Pitar Cucullaea [ 10] shelf .[ 10] Moquegua Basin southeast of Pisco Basin appear to have been unaffected by the transgression.[ 10]
Within theAndean margin contemporary marine transgressions are also known from southern Chile, Patagonia and Colombia.[ 10] [ 10]
Chilcatay Formation [ edit ] Group Fossils Notes Mammals Chilcacetus cavirhinus Huaridelphis raimondii Incacetus broggii Inticetus vertizi Macrosqualodelphis ukupachai Notocetus vanbenedeni cf. Kentriodon sp. Cetotheriidae indet. ,Eurhinodelphinidae indet. ,Mysticeti indet. ,Odontoceti indet. ,Pinnipedia indet. ,Physeteroidea indet. ,Squalodelphinidae indet. Birds Palaeospheniscus sp. Reptiles Testudines indet. Fish Carcharhinus cf. brachurus Carcharodon hastalis Carcharodon subauriculatus Hemipristis cf. serra Isurus desori
Notes and references [ edit ] ^ Solís Mundaca, 2018, p.1 ^a b c d e f g Dunbar et al., 1990 ^ León et al. 2007, p. 7. ^ León et al. 2007, p. 44. ^a b c d DeVries et al., 2017 ^ León et al. 2007, p. 45. ^ León et al. 2007, p. 146. ^ León et al. 2007, p. 145. ^a b c d DeVries, 1998 ^a b c d e Macharé et al., 1988 ^a b Ullujaya atFossilworks .org^ Ullujaya 2 atFossilworks .org^a b Santa Rosa atFossilworks .org^a b Zamaca atFossilworks .org^ Cerro Buque M2 atFossilworks .org^ Cerro Buque M8 atFossilworks .org^ Paracas Bay atFossilworks .org^ Archaeocete Valley, Otuma, AV-10 atFossilworks .org^ Ullujaya Valley atFossilworks .org^ Bajada del Diablo atFossilworks .org^a b Paracas Reserve atFossilworks .org^ Archaeocete Valley atFossilworks .org^ Archaeocete Valley, Paracas, AV-17 atFossilworks .org^ Archaeocete Valley, Paracas, AV-19 atFossilworks .org^a b Lambert et al., 2017 ^ Lambert, Olivier; Bianucci, Giovanni; Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo; Di Celma, Claudio; Steurbaut, Etienne; Urbina, Mario; de Muizon, Christian (2019). "An Amphibious Whale from the Middle Eocene of Peru Reveals Early South Pacific Dispersal of Quadrupedal Cetaceans".Current Biology .29 (8): 1352–1359.e3.Bibcode :2019CBio...29E1352L .doi :10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.050 .hdl :11581/425570 ISSN 0960-9822 .PMID 30955933 . ^ Bianucci, Giovanni; Lambert, Olivier; Urbina, Mario; Merella, Marco; Collareta, Alberto; Bennion, Rebecca; Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo; Benites-Palomino, Aldo; Post, Klaas; de Muizon, Christian; Bosio, Giulia; Di Celma, Claudio; Malinverno, Elisa; Pierantoni, Pietro Paolo; Villa, Igor Maria (2023-08-02)."A heavyweight early whale pushes the boundaries of vertebrate morphology" .Nature .620 (7975):824– 829.Bibcode :2023Natur.620..824B .doi :10.1038/s41586-023-06381-1 .hdl :10281/434998 ISSN 1476-4687 .PMID 37532931 . ^ Quebrada Perdida atFossilworks .org^ Collareta, Alberto; Tejada-Medina, Luz; Chacaltana-Budiel, César; Landini, Walter; Altamirano-Sierra, Alí; Urbina-Schmitt, Mario; Bianucci, Giovanni (2020-03-17)."A rhinopristiform sawfish (genus Pristis) from the middle Eocene (Lutetian) of southern Peru and its regional implications" .Carnets Geol .20 (5): 91.doi :10.4267/2042/70759 .hdl :20.500.12544/2621 ISSN 1634-0744 . Stratigraphy DeVries, Thomas J.; Urbina, Mario; Jud, Nathan A. (2017),"The Eocene-Oligocene Otuma Depositional Sequence (East Pisco Basin, Peru): Paleogeographic and Paleoceanographic Implications of New Data" (PDF) ,Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica del Perú 112 :014– 038, retrieved2020-03-09 Dunbar, Robert B.; Marty, Richard C.; Baker, Paul A. (1990), "Cenozoic marine sedimentation in the Sechura and Pisco basins, Peru",Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 77 (3– 4):235– 261,Bibcode :1990PPP....77..235D ,doi :10.1016/0031-0182(90)90179-B Geology publications [ edit ] León, Walter; Aleman, Antenor; Rosell, Walter; Torres, Víctor; de la Cruz, Orlando (2007),Estratigrafía, sedimentología y evolucón tectónica de la cuenca Pisco Oriental , retrieved2020-03-09 Devries, T.J. (1998), "Oligocene deposition and Cenozoic sequence boundaries in the Pisco Basin (Peru)",Journal of South American Earth Sciences 11 (3):217– 231,Bibcode :1998JSAES..11..217D ,doi :10.1016/S0895-9811(98)00014-5 Macharé, José; Devries, Thomas; Barron, John; Fourtanier, Élisabeth (1988),"Oligo-Miocene transgression along the Pacifie margin of South America: new paleontological and geological evidence from the Pisco basin (Peru)" (PDF) ,Geódynamique 3 (1– 2):25– 37, retrieved2020-03-09 Paleontology publications [ edit ] Solís Mundaca, Flavio Alejandro (2018),Bioestratigrafía e implicancias paleoceanográficas de las diatomeas de la sección Cerro Caucato, Formación Pisco, Ica, Peru (MSc. thesis) (PDF) ,Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia , pp. 1– 158, retrieved2018-09-10 Lambert, O.; Martínez Cáceres, M.; Bianucci, G.; Di Celma, C.; Salas Gismondi, R.; Steurbaut, E.; Urbina, Mario; de Muizon, C. (2017),"Earliest Mysticete from the Late Eocene of Peru Sheds New Light on the Origin of Baleen Whales" ,Current Biology 27 (10):1– 7,Bibcode :2017CBio...27E1535L ,doi :10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.026 ,hdl :11581/396095 PMID 28502655 , retrieved2019-02-04 Chilcatay Formation Bianucci, Giovanni; Bosio, Giulia; Malinverno, Elisa; De Muizon, Christian; Villa, Igor M.; Urbina, Mario; Lambert, Olivier (2018), "A new large squalodelphinid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from Peru sheds light on the Early Miocene platanistoid disparity and ecology",Royal Society Open Science ,5 (4) 172302,Bibcode :2018RSOS....572302B ,doi :10.1098/rsos.172302 PMC 5936943 PMID 29765678 De la Cruz, Aldo Alván (2008),"Geología de Ocucaje: aportes en la sedimentología y paleontología de Lomas de Ullujaya (Ica, Perú)" (PDF) ,Revista del Instituto de Investigaciones FIGMMG ,11 :51– 59, retrieved2017-08-15 Lambert, Olivier; De Muizon, Christian; Malinverno, Elisa; Di Celma, Claudio; Urbina, Mario; Bianucci, Giovanni (2017),"A new odontocete (toothed cetacean) from the Early Miocene of Peru expands the morphological disparity of extinct heterodont dolphins" ,Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16 (12):981– 1016,doi :10.1080/14772019.2017.1359689 ,hdl :11568/891482 , retrieved2019-02-12 Lambert, Olivier; Bianucci, Giovanni; Urbina, Mario (2014),"Huaridelphis raimondii , a new early Miocene Squalodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Chilcatay Formation, Peru" ,Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 (5):987– 1004,Bibcode :2014JVPal..34..987L ,doi :10.1080/02724634.2014.858050 , retrieved2019-02-12 Paracas Group Clarke, Julia A.; Ksepka, Daniel T.; Stucchi, Marcelo; Urbina, Mario; Giannini, Norberto; Bertelli, Sara; Narváez, Yanina; Boyd, Clint A. (2007),"Paleogene equatorial penguins challenge the proposed relationship between penguin biogeography, body size evolution, and Cenozoic climate change" ,Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (28):11545– 11550,doi :10.1073/pnas.0611099104 PMC 1913862 PMID 17601778 , retrieved2017-08-15 Pisco Formation Altamirano Sierra, Alí J (2013),"Primer registro de pelicano (Aves: Pelecanidae) para el Mioceno tardio de la formacion Pisco, Peru" (PDF) ,Bulletin de l'Institut français d'études andines ,42 :1– 12, retrieved2017-09-04 Báez Gómez, Diego A (2006),"Estudio paleoambiental de la formación Pisco:: Localidad Ocucaje" (PDF) ,Revista del Instituto de Investigaciones FIGMMG ,9 :64– 69, retrieved2017-09-04 Bianucci, Giovanni; Di Celma, Claudio; Urbina, Mario; Lambert, Olivier (2016),"New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)" (PDF) ,PeerJ 4 e2479,doi :10.7717/peerj.2479 PMC 5036081 PMID 27688973 , retrieved2019-02-12 Brand, Leonard; Urbina, Mario; Chadwick, Arthur; DeVries, Thomas J.; Esperante, Raul (2011), "A high resolution stratigraphic framework for the remarkable fossil cetacean assemblage of the Miocene/Pliocene Pisco Formation, Peru",Journal of South American Earth Sciences 31 (4):414– 425,Bibcode :2011JSAES..31..414B ,doi :10.1016/j.jsames.2011.02.015 Collareta, Alberto; Lambert, Olivier; De Muizon, Christian; Urbina, Mario; Bianucci, Giovanni (2017),"Koristocetus pescei gen. et sp. nov., a diminutive sperm whale (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Kogiidae) from the late Miocene of Peru" ,Fossil Record 20 (2):259– 278,Bibcode :2017FossR..20..259C ,doi :10.5194/fr-20-259-2017 hdl :11568/891486 , retrieved2019-02-12 Lambert, Olivier; Bianucci, Giovanni; Urbina, Mario; Geisler, Jonathan H. (2017), "A new inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinida) from the Miocene of Peru and the origin of modern dolphin and porpoise families",Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179 (4):919– 946 Marx, Felix G.; Lambert, Olivier; De Muizon, Christian (2017),"A new Miocene baleen whale from Peru deciphers the dawn of cetotheriids" ,Royal Society Open Science 4 (9) 170560,Bibcode :2017RSOS....470560M ,doi :10.1098/rsos.170560 PMC 5627101 PMID 28989761 , retrieved2019-02-12 Marx, Felix G.; Kohno, Naoki (2016),"A new Miocene baleen whale from the Peruvian desert" ,Royal Society Open Science 3 (10) 160542,Bibcode :2016RSOS....360542M ,doi :10.1098/rsos.160542 PMC 5098998 PMID 27853573 , retrieved2019-02-12 Poma Porras, Orlando; Horna Santillán, Edgard; Esperante, Raúl (2009),"Baleen Fósil (Cetacea: mysticeti) en Sedimentos de la Cuenca Marina del Neógeno en la Formación Pisco, al Sur del Perú" (PDF) ,Revista de Investigación Universitaria ,1 :84– 97, retrieved2017-09-04 Ramassamy, Benjamin; Lambert, Olivier; Collareta, Alberto; Urbina, Mario; Bianucci, Giovanni (2018),"Description of the skeleton of the fossil beaked whaleMessapicetus gregarius : searching potential proxies for deep-diving abilities" (PDF) ,Fossil Record 21 (1):11– 32,Bibcode :2018FossR..21...11R ,doi :10.5194/fr-21-11-2018 , retrieved2019-02-11 Solís Mundaca, Flavio Alejandro (2018),Bioestratigrafía e implicancias paleoceanográficas de las diatomeas de la sección Cerro Caucato, Formación Pisco, Ica, Peru (MSc. thesis) (PDF) ,Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia , pp. 1– 158, retrieved2018-09-10 Stucchi, Marcelo; Emslie, Steven D.; Varas Malca, Rafael M.; Urbina Schmitt, Mario (2015a),"A new late Miocene condor (Aves, Cathartidae) from Peru and the origin of South American condors" ,Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 (5) e972507,Bibcode :2015JVPal..35E2507S ,doi :10.1080/02724634.2015.972507 , retrieved2019-02-13 Stucchi, Marcelo; Varas Malca, Rafael M.; Urbina Schmitt, Mario (2015b),"New Miocene sulid birds from Peru and considerations on their Neogene fossil record in the Eastern Pacific Ocean" (PDF) ,Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61 (2):417– 427, retrieved2019-02-13 Stucchi, M (2007),"Los pingüinos de la Formación Pisco (Neógeno), Perú" (PDF) ,4th European Meeting on the Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of Latin America, Cuadernos del Museo Geominero ,8 :367– 373, retrieved2017-09-04
Sedimentary basins of Peru
Onshore
Offshore
