Where: Argentina (54.8° S, 65.3° W: paleocoordinates 57.8° S, 52.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Buen Suceso Formation, Santonian to Santonian (86.3 - 70.6 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: Santonian-lower Campanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the upper part of the formation.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black mudstone
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 90737: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 14.08.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus (Platyceramus) sp. Heinz 1932 clam
Sphenoceramus sp. Böhm 1915 clam |