Also known as Marine cliffs between Punta Delgada & Punta Lobo (3/5 km W of Punta Delgada)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (42.8° S, 63.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 42.4° S, 62.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: upper levels Member (Puerto Madryn Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: these outcrops correspond to the so-called “Rionegrense” (uppermost levels of the Puerto Madryn Formation or Río Negro Formation, according to different authors)

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•Dozo et al 2010 & Vucetich et al 2005: upper levels of the Puerto Madryn Fm.

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandy sandstone and conglomeratic shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• Museum repositories: Museo Paleontológico “Egidio Feruglio” (MPEF-PV,Trelew, Chubut, Argentina).

Primary reference: M. T. Dozo, P. Bouza, A. Monti, L. Palazzesi, V. Barreda, G. Massaferro, R.A. Scasso and C.P. Tambussi. 2010. Late Miocene continental biota in Northeastern Patagonia (Peninsula Valdes Chubut Argentina). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297(1):100-109 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122079: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juan Carrillo on 16.12.2011

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