Algarrobo (Estratos de Algarrobo) (Eocene to of Chile)

Where: Chile (33.4° S, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° S, 62.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Estratos de Algarrobo Formation, Middle Eocene to Middle Eocene (47.8 - 33.9 Ma)

• late middle–upper Eocene

Environment/lithology: deltaic; burrowed, fine-grained sandstone and conglomerate

• "95 m of fine massive sandstone, with abundant Ophiomorpha and Thalassinoides, and scarce conglomerate."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original chitin

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

• SGO-PI

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, A. Encinas and M. Suarez. 2006. New Cretaceous and Eocene Callianassoidea (Thalassinidea, Decapoda) from Algarrobo, Chile. Journal of Crustacean Biology 26(1):73-81 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64832: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 17.09.2006, edited by Mark Uhen and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Aves -
Aves indet.2
 Anseriformes - Vegaviidae
Vegaviidae indet.1
Vegaviidae indet.1 Agnolín et al. 2017 waterfowl
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Melipal chilensis n. gen. n. sp.
Melipal chilensis n. gen. n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2006 decapod
1Agnolín et al. 2017; 2Sallaberry et al. 2015