Cancha Carrera (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.3° S, 72.2° W: paleocoordinates 54.9° S, 56.7° W)

When: Rio Guillermo Formation, Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• No comments about stratigraphy.

•More precise dating sourced from zircon ages in Fosdick et al. 2015. Formation assumed to be Rio Guillermo.

Environment/lithology: basinal (); glauconitic sandstone

• See Bernhardt et al. 2012

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: O. Wilckens. 1907. Die Lamellibrachiaten, Gastropoden ect. aus der oberen Kreide Südpatagoniens. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg, Breisgau 15:97-166 [M. Clapham/J. Fearon/J. Fearon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235518: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 15.07.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium cazadorianum Wilckens 1907 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopaea hauthali Wilckens 1907 clam
Panopaea inferior Wilckens 1907 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea antarctica Wilckens 1907 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula suboblonga" = Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga
"Nucula suboblonga" = Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga Wilckens 1907 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais gregaria Wilckens 1907 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica cerreria Wilckens 1907 moon snail
Amathusia
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Amathusia luisa Wilckens 1907