Where: Argentina (50.3° S, 68.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 49.7° S, 65.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Monte Leon Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, volcaniclastic, silty sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

• Repository: GHUNLPam, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina.

Primary reference: R. S. Crawford, S. Casadio, R. M. Feldmann, M. Griffin, A. Parras and C. E. Schweitzer. 2008. Mass mortality of fossil decapods within the Monte Leon Formation (early Miocene), southern Argentina: victims of Andean Volcanism?. Annals of Carnegie Museum 77(2):259-287 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 185968: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.05.2017

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