Buen Suceso Bay, Fuegian Andes, lower strata [Estratos de Buen Suceso] (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (54.8° S, 65.3° W: paleocoordinates 60.8° S, 44.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Buen Suceso Formation, Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 86.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Estratos de Buen Suceso, which regionally overlies the Beauvoir Fm (Aptian-Cenomanian), and is regionally overlain by the Bahia Thetis Fm (Campanian). AGE: Turonian-Coniacian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the lower part of the formation.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black, calcareous limestone and lithified, calcareous mudstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Slaty micritic limestones and marly mudstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but possibly either Macellari or Olivero. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: E. B. Olivero and N. Malumían. 2008. Mesozoic-Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Fuegian Andes, Argentina. Geologica Acta 6(1):5-18 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 90736: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.08.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic taxa mentioned in text. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
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Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus madagascariensis" = Tethyoceramus madagascariensis
"Inoceramus madagascariensis" = Tethyoceramus madagascariensis Heinz 1933 clam