Loc. 3, Punta Entrada [Fuentes Fm] (Cretaceous of Chile)

Where: Chile (52.5° S, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 54.5° S, 61.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fuentes Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Fuentes Fm, which is regionally overlain by the Rocallosa Fm (Maastrichtian). AGE: Late Maastrichtian, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed within upper Fuentes Formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Marine siliciclast environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, based on figured specimens.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion

Collected by Lahsen & Charrier

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Lahsen and Charrier. REPOSITORY:SGO-PO, Chile.

Primary reference: A. Lahsen and R. Charrier. 1972. Late Cretaceous ammonites from Seno Skyring-Strait of Magellan area, Magallanes Province, Chile. Journal of Paleontology 46(4):520-532 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83615: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoidea and foraminifera. Said to include bivalvia and gastropoda, but not listed in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with fairly modern nomenclature, and species resolution identifications.
Foraminifera
 Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerinella messinae Bronnimann 1952
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Kossmaticeratidae indet. Spath 1922 ammonite