Locality oo/cd 27, Quebrada El Griton (Paleocene of Argentina)

Where: Jujuy, Argentina (23.5° S, 64.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.3° S, 53.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maíz Gordo Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• Formation also called Sunchal

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; lithified, green mudstone

• "The Maíz Gordo Formation, related to the last main flooding event of the basin, shows typical lacustrine limestone values, possibly with low organic productivity"

•The lake which formed the Maiz Gordo formation must have been very shallow because it has alternating lacustrine and partially exposed mudflat deposits

• Green rock, easily breaking into small angular fragments…In its upper part it shows streaks of red, increasing until we reach an entirely red deposit. Horizon with insects was typial green formation interbedded with limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by D.C. Harrell; reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1936. The Fauna of the Sunchal (or Margas Verdes) formation, Northern Argentina. American Museum Novitates 886:1-9 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151868: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Carabidae
Lebia harrelli n. sp.
Lebia harrelli n. sp. Cockerell 1936 colorful foliage ground beetle
AMNH 24518
 Coleoptera - Cleridae
? Trichodes stebingeri n. sp.
? Trichodes stebingeri n. sp. Cockerell 1936 checkered beetle
AMNH 24519
 Coleoptera - Cantharidae
? Podabrus santaritensis n. sp.
? Podabrus santaritensis n. sp. Cockerell 1936 soldier beetle
AMNH 24520