Cuesta del Obispo (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (25.2° S, 65.2° W: paleocoordinates 27.8° S, 52.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yacoraite Formation, Maastrichtian to Maastrichtian (72.1 - 61.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1953

Primary reference: G. Marramà and G. Carnevale. 2017. The relationships of Gasteroclupea branisai Signeux, 1964, a freshwater double-armored herring (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene of South America. Historical Biology 29(7):904-917 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219937: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.04.2021

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Ellimmichthyiformes - Gasteroclupeidae