KT section Paso del Sapo, Canadón Asfalto Basin, M2b: Maastrichtian, Argentina
collected by Aberhan, M., Kiessling, W., Weidemeyer, S. 27032004
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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3 individuals | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella malaspina
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4 individuals | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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cf. Cryptorhytis philippiana
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1 individual | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Struthioptera cf. haastiana
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1 individual | ||||||
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya sp.
Sowerby 1823
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2 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea sp.
(Menard 1807)
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2 individuals | ||||||
Panopea cf. clausa
(Wilckens 1910)
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1 individual | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Acesta sp.
Adams and Adams 1858
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1 individual | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
Coordinates: | 42.7° South, 69.9° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.8° South, 58.3° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Lefipán | ||||
Local section: | San Martin seperate Maastrichtian samples | Local bed: | -74.50 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: K/T boundary (basis of SM30) is at 0 m. M2e and SM5 are probably the same horizons. Although the Bed/horizon data are rough data. Data from bed/horizon refers to midpoint of sampled beds. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray mudstone | ||
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., Weidemeyer, S. | Collection dates: | 27.03.2004 |
Metadata
Database number: | 74303 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | S. Weidemeyer |
Modifier: | S. Weidemeyer | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-08-02 03:25:45 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-08-02 03:25:45 |
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] |