Where: Amazonas, Peru (5.8° S, 78.4° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° S, 60.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fundo El Triunfo Member (Bagua Formation), Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• basal red beds
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: T. Mourier, P. Bengtson, M. Bonhomme, E. Buge, H. Cappetta, J.-Y. Crochet, M. Feist, K. F. Hirsch, E. Jaillard, G. Laubacher, J. P. Lefranc, M. Moullade, C. Noblet, D. Pons, J. Rey, B. Sigé, Y. Tambareau and P. Taquet. 1988. The Upper Cretaceous–Lower Tertiary marine to continental transition in the Bagua Basin, northern Peru: paleontology, biostratigraphy, radiometry, correlations. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 19(3):143-177 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 52842: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.08.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Megaloolithus pseudomamillare" = Fusioolithus baghensis
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