RG1002: Danian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Cribrorotalia sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Chubut
Coordinates: 45.5° South, 68.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.0° South, 57.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Danian Foram zone:
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Salamanca
Local section:RG1002 Local bed:10.5 m
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: argillaceous siltstone
Environment:offshore shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:original sporopollenin
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:chemical
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Rancho Grande
Database number:172891
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:C. Jaramillo
Modifier:G. Varnham
Created:2015-08-27 13:33:27 Last modified:2022-05-04 06:53:54
Access level:the public Released:2015-08-27 13:33:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55652. W. C. Clyde, P. Wilf, A., R. L. Slingerland, T. Barnum, P. K. Bijl, T. J. Bralower, H. Brinkhuis, E. E. Comer, B. T. Huber, M. B. R. Ibañez-Mejia Jicha, J. M. Krause, J. D. Schueth, B. S. Singer, M. S. Raigemborn, M. D. Schmitz, A. Sluijs and M. C. Zamaloa. 2014. New age constraints for the Salamanca Formation and lower Río Chico Group in the western San Jorge Basin, Patagonia, Argentina: Implications for Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction recovery and land mammal age correlations. Geological Society America Bulletin 126(3-4):289-306 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/M. Uhen]