Where: Puno, Peru (15.2° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 17.4° S, 55.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Vilquechicho Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• Originally assigned to late Campanian-early Maastrichtian by Jaillard et al. (1993) - regarded as coeval with the Maastrichtian El Molino Formation of Bolivia by more recent studies (e.g. Meyer et al. 2021)
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•lower part of "Upper formation" of the group; Cmp-Maa boundary within this layer
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; bioturbated, ferruginous, red, yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: E. Jaillard, H. Cappetta, P. Ellenberger, M. Feist, N. Grambast-Fessard, J. P. Lefranc, and B. Sigé. 1993. Sedimentology, palaeontology, biostratigraphy and correlation of the Late Cretaceous Vilquechico Group of southern Peru. Cretaceous Research 14:623-661 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 95348: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Ornithomimipus jaillardi n. sp.
Ornithomimipus jaillardi n. sp. Jaillard et al. 1993 coelurosaur | |
Hadrosaurichnus titicacaensis n. sp. Jaillard et al. 1993 theropod |