Quiriquina Island (Gay MNHN Collection) (Cretaceous of Chile)

Where: Chile (36.6° S, 73.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 60.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: S. N. Nielsen and C. Salazar. 2011. Eutrephoceras subplicatum (Steinmann, 1895) is a junior synonym of Eutrephoceras dorbignyanum (Forbes in Darwin, 1846) (Cephalopoda, Nautiloidea) from the Maastrichtian Quiriquina Formation of Chile. Cretaceous Research 32(6):833-840 [M. Clapham/K. Okamoto]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165542: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Kristina Okamoto on 21.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Nautilus valenciennii n. sp." = Eutrephoceras dorbignyanum
"Nautilus valenciennii n. sp." = Eutrephoceras dorbignyanum Forbes 1846 nautiloid