Quebrada Blanca de Poquis (Cretaceous of Chile)

Where: Antofagasta, Chile (23.0° S, 67.1° W: paleocoordinates 25.4° S, 53.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Quebrada Blanca de Poquis Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collected by Salinas, Sepúlveda, Marshall in 1988

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: P. Salinas, P. Sepúlveda, and L. G. Marshall. 1991. Hallazgo de restos oseos de dinosaurios (saurópodos) en la Formación Pajonales (Cretácico Superior), Sierra de Almeyda, Región de Antofagasta, Chile: implicancia cronológica [Discovery of skeletal remains of dinosaurs (sauropods) in the Pajonales Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Sierra de Almeyda, Antofagasta Region, Chile: chronological implications]. 6e Congreso Geológico Chileño, Viña del Mar. Resumenes Expandidos. Servicio Nacional de Geología y Mineria, Chile 534-537 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127356: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. sauropod
MNHN SGO-PV 323
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae