ammonites
La Palca village (Cretaceous of Bolivia)

Also known as Dolichochampsa minima referred specimen

Where: Potosí, Bolivia (19.6° S, 65.8° W: paleocoordinates 22.1° S, 51.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: El Molino Formation (Puca Group), Maastrichtian (70.6 - 65.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained sandstone

• Fine-grained sandstone layer

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Oli geologists of the Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos

Primary reference: E. Buffetaut. 1987. Occurrence of the crocodilian Dolichochampsa minima (Eusuchia, Dolichochampsidae) in the El Molino Formation of Bolivia. Bulletin de la Société belge de Géologie 96(2):195-199 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114971: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.08.2011