Where: Doceava Región, Chile (52.8° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 52.1° S, 30.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Springhill Formation, Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 125.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, argillaceous shale

Size class: microfossils

• Other: Palynomorphs

Preservation: soft parts, original sporopollenin

Collected by ENAP Oil Company

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,

• The material was provided by the ENAP Oil Company of Chile.

Primary reference: M. E. Quattrocchio, M. A. Martínez, A. Carpinelli Pavisich and W. Volkheimer. 2006. Early Cretaceous palynostratigraphy, palynofacies and palaeoenvironments of well sections in northeastern Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 27:584-602 [C. Jaramillo/P. Santamarina]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150020: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Patricio Santamarina on 30.08.2013

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