Barrancas Blancas lower (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (50.2° S, 69.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 49.5° S, 66.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Monte León Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: J. C. Fernicola, J. I. Cuitiño, S. F. Vizcaíno, M. S. Bargo, and R. F. Kay. 2014. Fossil localities of the Santa Cruz Formation (Early Miocene, Patagonia, Argentina) prospected by Carlos Ameghino in 1887 revisited and the location of the Notohippidian. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 52:94-107 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176621: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 18.02.2016

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Thecostraca
 Cirripedia -
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea cf. hatcheri" = Crassostrea hatcheri
"Ostrea cf. hatcheri" = Crassostrea hatcheri Ihering 1899 oyster
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail