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 indet. barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Ostrea cf. hatcheri" = Crassostrea hatcheri
"Ostrea cf. hatcheri" = Crassostrea hatcheri Ihering 1899 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail |