Also known as Marine reptile site
Where: Santiago, Chile (33.4° S, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° S, 59.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Estratos de Quebrada Municipalidad Formation, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• The EQM is considered to be Maastrichtian in age based on bivalves such as C. acuticostatum and P. hanetiana (Pérez-D’Angelo and Reyes, 1978). Recently this determination has been constrained by a radiometric date on 90Sr/89Sr obtained from bivalve shells (Suárez and Marquardt, 2003) that indicated an age of 69 +- 01 Ma (early Maastrichtian).
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained sandstone and conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 2006
Primary reference: R. A. Otero, J. F. Parham, S. Soto-Acuña, P. Jimenez-Huidobro, and D. Rubilar-Rogers. 2012. Marine reptiles from Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) deposits in Algarrobo, central Chile. Cretaceous Research 35:124-132 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/F. Aspromonte]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132352: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.08.2012
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Taxonomic list
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cf. Dermochelyidae indet. Lydekker 1889 leatherback SGO.PV.6573 (associated remains including incomplete left scapula, right ilium and right pubis)
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Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur SGO.PV.6570 (one isolated tooth) and SGO.PV.6571 (three isolated crowns)
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Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur SGO.PV.90 (21 articulated vertebrae) and SGO.PV.6572 (17 isolated teeth)
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