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4.6 km East of “Salinas de Trapal-Có” , Avellaneda Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -39.7167,-66.7 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Río Negro, Argentina |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Avellaneda Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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4.6 km East of “Salinas de Trapal-Có” (Salinas de Trapalco) | Sterli J., de la Fuente M. S., et al (2013) | Malargüe - Allen | The age of the Allen Formation may be late Campanian and it is conceivable that it may also represent the early Maastrichtian (Hugo and Leanza, 2001a,b), considering that the earliest foraminiferal records in the overlying Jaguel Formation are mid-Maastrichtian (Náñez and Concheyro, 1996). | not reported | 83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Trapalcochelys sulcata species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Meiolaniidae : Trapalcochelys : Trapalcochelys sulcata | 83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Sterli J., de la Fuente M. S., et al (2013) A new species of meiolaniform turtle and a revision of the Late Cretaceous Meiolaniformes of South America, Ameghiniana 50 2, 240-256 |
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!