Where: Chile (36.6° S, 73.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° S, 60.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Quiriquina Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Beds with calcareous sandstone concretions, roughly equivalent to Kitchinites darwini subzone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: CPUC (Colección Paleontológica de la Universidad de Concepción)
Primary reference: C. Salazar, W. Stinnesbeck, and L. A. Quinzio-Sinn. 2010. Ammonites from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) Quiriquina Formation in central Chile. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 257:181-236 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 165491: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.01.2015, edited by Kristina Okamoto
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
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Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) ramosum Meek 1857 ammonite
Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) hetonaiense Matsumoto 1942 ammonite | |
Anagaudryceras mikobokense2, Anagaudryceras subtilineatum, Gaudryceras seymouriense2, Zelandites varuna, Pseudophyllites indra
Anagaudryceras subtilineatum Kossmat 1895 ammonite
Zelandites varuna Forbes 1846 ammonite
Pseudophyllites indra Forbes 1846 ammonite | |
Kitchinites darwini Steinmann 1895 ammonite
Kitchinites ifrimae n. sp. Salazar et al. 2010 ammonite | |
Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) gutierrezi Salazar et al. 2010 ammonite | |
Maorites densicostatus, Kossmaticeras (Natalites) erbeni, Grossouvrites joharae, Gunnarites cf. bhavaniformis
Maorites densicostatus Kilian and Reboul 1909 ammonite
Kossmaticeras (Natalites) erbeni Stinnesbeck 1986 ammonite
Grossouvrites joharae Salazar et al. 2010 ammonite
Gunnarites cf. bhavaniformis Kilian and Reboul 1909 ammonite | |
Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite
Baculites anceps Lamarck 1822 ammonite
Baculites huenickeni Stinnesbeck 1986 ammonite |