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
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
3 individuals
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella malaspina
4 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
cf. Cryptorhytis philippiana
1 individual
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Struthioptera cf. haastiana
1 individual
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
2 individuals
Panopea cf. clausa (Wilckens 1910)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta sp. Adams and Adams 1858
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Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data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]