Where: Chubut, Argentina (42.7° S, 69.8° W: paleocoordinates 44.8° S, 58.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lefipán Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Rodolfo Casamiquela
• Material deposited in the CPBA, Paleontological Collection of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Primary reference: H. H. Camacho. 1967. Consideraciones sobre una fauna del Cretácico Superior (Maestrichtiano) del Paso del Sapo, curso medio del Río Chubut. Ameghiniana V(4):131-134 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 231707: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 29.08.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Cucullaea antarctica Wilckens 1907 clam | |
"Panope sp." = Panopea
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Pacitrigonia patagonica, "Pterotrigonia (Rinetrigonia) windhauseniana" = Trigonia windhauseniana, "Iotrigonia sp." = Megatrigonia (Iotrigonia)
Pacitrigonia patagonica Feruglio 1937 clam
"Pterotrigonia (Rinetrigonia) windhauseniana" = Trigonia windhauseniana Wilckens 1921 clam
"Iotrigonia sp." = Megatrigonia (Iotrigonia) Van Hoepen 1929 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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? Perissoptera sp. Tate 1865 snail
? Pugnellus sp. Conrad 1860 snail | |