Quiriquina: Late Maastrichtian, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
SFMF R 4151 - holotype (partially damaged skull without mandible)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Popenoe 1983
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile State/province:Concepción
Coordinates: 36.6° South, 73.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.0° South, 59.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Late Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Quiriquina
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Australobaena chilensis type locality
Database number:132360
Authorizer:P. Mannion, P. Wagner Enterer:P. Mannion, P. Wagner
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-08-15 00:33:42 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-15 00:33:42
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
42634. H.-V. Karl and G. Tichy. 2002. Australobaena chilensis n. gen. n. sp., and the homology of secondary palatines in marine turtles (Anapsida: Testudines). Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 38:11-19 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

58865 W. P. Popenoe. 1983. Cretaceous Aporrhaidae from California: Aporrhainae and Arrhoginae. Journal of Paleontology 57(4):742-765 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]