Where: Chile (36.6° S, 72.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° S, 60.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Quiriquina Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated, glauconitic sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: M. E. Suárez and H. Cappetta. 2004. Sclerorhynchid teeth (Neoselachii, Sclerorhynchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of the Quiriquina Formation, central Chile. Revista Geológica de Chile 31(1):89-103 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 91419: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Ischyrhiza chilensis Wetzel 1930 ray |