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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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