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Buen Suceso Bay, Ushuaia Department, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -54.7833,-65.25 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Ushuaia Department, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Buen Suceso Bay, Fuegian Andes, silty sandstone strata [Estratos de Buen Suceso] | Olivero E. B., Malumían N. (2008) | Buen Suceso | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Estratos de Buen Suceso, which regionally overlies the Beauvoir Fm (Aptian-Cenomanian), and is regionally overlain by the Bahia Thetis Fm (Campanian). AGE: Santonian-lower Campanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the upper part of the formation. | sandstone | 86.3 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Buen Suceso Bay, Fuegian Andes, upper strata [Estratos de Buen Suceso] | Olivero E. B., Malumían N. (2008) | Buen Suceso | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Estratos de Buen Suceso, which regionally overlies the Beauvoir Fm (Aptian-Cenomanian), and is regionally overlain by the Bahia Thetis Fm (Campanian). AGE: Santonian-lower Campanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the upper part of the formation. | mudstone | 86.3 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Buen Suceso Bay, Fuegian Andes, lower strata [Estratos de Buen Suceso] | Olivero E. B., Malumían N. (2008) | Buen Suceso | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Estratos de Buen Suceso, which regionally overlies the Beauvoir Fm (Aptian-Cenomanian), and is regionally overlain by the Bahia Thetis Fm (Campanian). AGE: Turonian-Coniacian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the lower part of the formation. | "limestone" | 93.9 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Chondrites sp. genus | Chondrites | 86.3 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Palaeophycus sp. genus | Palaeophycus | 86.3 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Planolites sp. genus | Animalia : Planolites | 86.3 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Rhizocorallium sp. genus | Rhizocorallium | 86.3 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Zoophycos sp. genus | Zoophycos | 86.3 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Inoceramus (Platyceramus) sp. subgenus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus : Inoceramus (Platyceramus) | 86.3 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) sp. subgenus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus : Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) | 86.3 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Tethyoceramus madagascariensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Tethyoceramus : Tethyoceramus madagascariensis | 93.9 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Olivero E. B., Malumían N. (2008) Mesozoic-Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Fuegian Andes, Argentina, Geologica Acta 6 1, 5-18 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!