Where: Coquimbo, Chile (30.4° S, 70.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° S, 51.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Viñita Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• bones possibly from units D, E, F - upper part of Viñita Fm.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; volcaniclastic, brown, red sandstone and lenticular, gray, red shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. M. Casamiquela in 1968
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. M. Casamiquela, J. Corvalán, and F. Franquesa. 1969. Hallazgos de dinosaurios en el Cretácico Superior de Chile. Su importancia cronológica-estratigráfica [Discoveries of dinosaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of Chile. Their chronologic-stratigraphic importance]. Boletin del Instituto de Investigaciones Geológicas 25:1-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 51669: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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