ammonites
Arroyo Napostá Grande (Miembro Arenoso Medio) (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.5° S, 62.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 62.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• assigned to the "Agua Blanca Sequence"; proposed to be Lujanian SALMA in age

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• ostracods indicate a seasonally dry fluvial environment
• sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Cátedra de Geología Histórica from the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca

Primary reference: C. M. Deschamps and E. P. Tonni. 1992. Los vertebrados del Pleistoceno tardío del arroyo Napostá Grande, provincia de Buenos Aires. Aspectos paleoambientales. Ameghiniana 29(3):201-210 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63337: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 09.02.1999, edited by Darin Croft

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