Where: Argentina (50.5° S, 72.3° W: paleocoordinates 51.3° S, 66.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Centinela Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• The measured section comprises 380 m of coastal and fluvial facies. The succession is dominated by sandstones in the lower part with occasional siltstones, and siltstones with cross-stratified sandstones in its upper section. The collection includes fossils from 40 to 210 m.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, fine-grained, medium, tuffaceous sandstone and tuffaceous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Many new speciesare mentioned, though not formally described in this manuscript, so it is presumed that the collection is reposited in collection suitable for type material. Not clear where, however.

Primary reference: S. Casadio, R. M. Feldmann, and K.A. Foland. 2000. 40Ar/39Ar age and oxygen isotope temperature of the Centinela Formation, southwestern Argentina: An Eocene age for crustacean-rich "Patagonian" beds. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 13:123-132 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 43002: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.08.2004, edited by Carrie Schweitzer

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