Also known as Reef 3203
Where: La Pampa, Argentina (37.1° S, 67.8° W: paleocoordinates 39.6° S, 56.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Roca Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• Early Danian (P1b)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Collected by S. Casadio in 2001-2005
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• Specimens are housed under the prefix CEGH-UNC at the centro de Investigaciones Paleobiológicas y centro de Investigaciones en ciencias de la Tierra (CICTERRA-CONICET-UNc).
Primary reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo, S. Casadio, and A. Parras. 2004. First shallow water scleractinian coral reef from the Danian, northern Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana 40:R 79 [R. Baron-Szabo/R. Baron-Szabo/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 52354: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.08.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
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Anthozoa | |
Siderastrea adkinsi Wells 1934 stony coral
Sideroseris durhami Wells 1945 stony coral | |
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Cladocora cf. gracilis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Acesta cf. latens file clam | |
Echinoidea | |
Micropsis desori Leymerie and Cotteau 1856 sea urchin |