KT section Paso del Sapo, Canadón Asfalto Basin, SM37: Danian, Argentina
collected by Aberhan, M., Kiessling, W., Scholz, H., Medina, F. A. 05042003
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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1 individual | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Struthioptera aff. osiris
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6 individuals | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Tudiclidae
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Heteroterma cf. tumida
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella malaspina
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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6 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Bicorbula sp.
Fischer 1887
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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Corbicula pehuenchensis
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17 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Meretrix chalcedonica
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21 individuals | ||||||
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Aphrodina (Tikia) wilckensi
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3 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia iheringi
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7 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
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Heterodonta informal sp. G
Neumayr 1884
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1 individual | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 42.7° South, 70.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.1° South, 58.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lefipán | ||||
| Local section: | Estancia San Martin | Local bed: | 32.20 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: K/T boundary (basis of SM30) is at 0 m. Beds lumped over 0.90 m. Data from bed/horizon refers to midpoint of sampled beds. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Geology comments: inner shelf environment. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression,original calcite,replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils | ||
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection,observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Aberhan, M., Kiessling, W., Scholz, H., Medina, F. A. | Collection dates: | 05.04.2003 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74137 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | S. Weidemeyer |
| Modifier: | S. Weidemeyer | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-07-24 12:32:50 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-07-24 12:32:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24819. | S. Weidemeyer. 2007. Molluscs at the K/Pg boundary in Argentina: Extinction and recovery patterns. unpublished Ph.D. thesis. [W. Kiessling/S. Weidemeyer] |