Calmu-Co, NF1 (facies C) (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Also known as FL1

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (36.8° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° S, 55.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Loncoche Formation (Malargüe Group), Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• facies C

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomeratic, calcareous packstone

• calcareous level, with conglomeratic sandstones with vulcanitic clasts

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. Previtera and B. J. González Riga. 2008. Vertebrados cretácicos de la Formación Loncoche en Calmu-Co, Mendoza, Argentina [Cretaceous vertebrates from the Loncoche Formation in Calmu-Co, Mendoza, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 45(2):349-359 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85080: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
Chelidae indet.
Chelidae indet. Gray 1825 sideneck turtle
pers. comm. E. Previtera 01/14/2009
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Tubiferidae
Paleoanculosa sp.
Paleoanculosa sp. Parodiz 1969 snail