YPF SC-1 - Man Aike Fm (Eocene of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (50.9° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 53.4° S, 59.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Man Aike Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, medium-grained, coarse sandstone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Parallel laminated and massive medium-coarese sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified on the basis of taphonomy.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core, chemical,

Primary reference: N. Malumián, C. Náñez, and A. Caramés. 1991. Unilocular foraminifera of reticular surface from Argentina. Micropaleontology 37(4):393-406 [E. Vlachos/F. Aspromonte]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232667: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Franco Aspromonte on 18.12.2023

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
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Favolagena sp. Malumián et al. 1991
Favolagena digitalis Heron-Allen and Earland 1932
Forma tipica
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Lagenidae
Conolagena epibathra Patterson and Richardson 1988
Conolagena mariae Karrer 1877
Conolagena argentina Malumián et al. 1991