NR 13: Maastrichtian - Danian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Rosalina cf. ystadiensis
20-50 specimens
Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Guttulina problema (d'Orbigny 1826)
1 specimen
Polymorphina subrhombica Reuss 1862
1-5 specimens
Polymorphina frondea (Cushman 1922)
1-5 specimens
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Protelphidium cf. hofkeri Haynes 1956
5-20 specimens
Protelphidium sublaeve (Ten Dam 1944)
5-20 specimens
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gyroidina octocamerata Cushman and Hanna 1927
1 specimen
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalinoides anamariae Bertels 1964
1-5 specimens
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides vulgaris (Plummer 1927)
1 specimen
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
1-5 specimens
Buliminidae
Buliminella pulchra (Terquem 1882)
20-50 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Rio Negro
Coordinates: 39.7° South, 67.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.1° South, 54.7° West (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Cretaceous - Paleogene Epoch: Late Cretaceous - Paleocene
Stage: Maastrichtian - Danian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8 - Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Maastrichtian - Danian
Age range of interval: 72.1 - 61.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Malargüe Formation:Roca
Local section:NR 13 Local bed:NR 13
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified argillaceous,sandy claystone
Lithology description: The sediments are formed by clays, marls, clayey limestones, sandy, sometimes somewhat sandy, with variable proportions of gypsum and limestones microcoquinoids, varying their colour. res between orange, yellow, whitish and gray.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: Existence of two facies: a deeper one and a coastal one.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:236486
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Maldonado
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2024-10-04 13:56:26 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2024-10-04 13:56:26
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

86150. A. Bertels. 1964. Micropaleontología del Paleoceno de General Roca (provincia de Río Negro). Revista del Museo de La Plata IV(23):125-184 [E. Vlachos/F. Aspromonte]