4 Km. north of Estancia Arroyito (Paleocene of Argentina)

Where: Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (54.2° S, 67.2° W: paleocoordinates 56.9° S, 57.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Cerro Khasem Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; green sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by H. H. Camacho, C. S. Petersen, E. J. Methol in 1950

• Specimens collected during geological mapping for the Direccion Nacional de Mineria

Primary reference: H. H. Camacho. 1957. Descripción de una fauna marina paleocena procedente de Tierra del Fuego (Argentina). Ameghiniana 1(1-2):86-100 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210723: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 17.06.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster sp.
Schizaster sp. Agassiz 1835 heart urchin
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites iheringi n. sp.
Crassatellites iheringi n. sp. Camacho 1957 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus arroyoensis n. sp.
Venus arroyoensis n. sp. Camacho 1957 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium rudis n. sp., Cardium tuba n. sp.
Cardium rudis n. sp. Camacho 1957 cockle
Cardium tuba n. sp. Camacho 1957 cockle
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panope fuegensis n. sp.
Panope fuegensis n. sp. Camacho 1957 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletia leanzai n. sp.
Malletia leanzai n. sp. Camacho 1957 clam