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.
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•More precise dating sourced from zircon ages in Fosdick et al. 2015. Formation assumed to be Rio Guillermo.
Environment/lithology: basinal (); glauconitic sandstone
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 | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium cazadorianum Wilckens 1907 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Panopaea hauthali Wilckens 1907 clam
Panopaea inferior Wilckens 1907 clam | |
Cucullaea antarctica Wilckens 1907 clam | |
"Nucula suboblonga" = Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga
"Nucula suboblonga" = Nucula (Leionucula) suboblonga Wilckens 1907 nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Aporrhais gregaria Wilckens 1907 snail | |
Natica cerreria Wilckens 1907 moon snail | |
Amathusia | |
Amathusia luisa Wilckens 1907 |