ammonites
Lago Roca, Tierra del Fuego (Holocene of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (54.8° S, 68.6° W: paleocoordinates 54.8° S, 68.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Holocene sediments. AGE: Holocene, 7,518 +/- 58 yrs BP.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, gray claystone

• ENVIRONMENT: Epifaunal community accumalted during deglaciation.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Massive grayish clays. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTORS: The authors: Gordillo, Coronato and Rabassa (2002). REPOSITORY: Quaternary mollusc collection from Tierra del Fuego (TDF-Q) at the Centro de Investigaciones Paleobiológicas (CIPAL), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.

Primary reference: S. Gordillo, A. M. J. Coronato, and J. O. Rabassa. 2005. Quaternary molluscan faunas from the island of Tierra de Fuega after the Last Glacial Maximum. Scientia Marina 69(2):337-348 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71601: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.04.2007

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