Where: Chile (53.5° S, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 55.5° S, 61.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rio Blanco Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 65.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Rio Blanco Fm, which regionally overlies the Tres Morros Fm (Maastrichtian), and is overlain by the Carrera Fm (Maastrichtian). AGE: Late Maastrichtian, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, concretion

Collected by Lahsen & Charrier

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Lahsen and Charrier. REPOSITORY:SGO-PO, Chile.

Primary reference: D. B. Pathak. 2007. Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary in the Spiti Himilaya, India. Journal of the Paleontological Society of India 52(1):51-57 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83617: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.08.2008

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