Where: Argentina (41.7° S, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° S, 63.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rio Foyel Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Rio Foyel Fm. Unknown stratigraphic relations. THICKNESS: From lower 7 m of 18 m thick section. AGE: Considered to be Late Eocene to Early Oligocene according to foraminiferal, ostracod and microfloral biostratigraphy by Chiesa and Camacho (2001). Griffin et al. (2004) indicated an Early Oligocene age with Sr dates. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower part of formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, sandy, calcareous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector, possibly Ihering (c. 1900's). REPOSITORY: Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires.

Primary reference: J. O. Chiesa and H. H. Camacho. 2001. Invertebrados marino Eocenos de la parte de Río Negro, Argentina. Revista Española de Paleontología 16(2):299-316 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71595: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.04.2007

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