El Pintor (Cretaceous to of Peru)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
  - Fusioolithidae
"Megaloolithus pseudomamillare" = Fusioolithus baghensis
"Megaloolithus pseudomamillare" = Fusioolithus baghensis Khosla and Sahni 1995 dinosaur
eggshells