Also known as Serrania de Espejos
Where: Santa Cruz, Bolivia (17.6° S, 63.8° W: paleocoordinates 18.7° S, 58.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Petaca Formation, Deseadan (29.0 - 21.0 Ma)
• 2 m above base of formation
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Dr. Gustavo Sanjinés
• The material was collected during YPFB exploration reconnaissance
Primary reference: F. de Broin. 1991. Fossil Turtles from Bolivia. In SUAREZ-SORUCO, R. (Ed.) (eds.), FOSILES Y FACIES DE BOLIVIA ·VOL. 1 VERTEBRADOS, Revista Técnica de YPFB 12(34):509-527 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 179924: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 04.07.2016, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
? Rhynchippus sp. Ameghino 1897 notoungulate | |
Reptilia | |
Chelonoidis sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle |