That looks like the left hand output flange - a very common spot for leaks. Can you identify gear oil by smell? Engine oil is not unpleasant, slightly petroly smell. By comparison, gear oil is a vile pungent stench which gets in your nose for hours. ATF is a bit fishy.
The usual culprit for engine oil leaks down the back is the valley gasket. It fills the V with oil which then dribbles out of a vent hole at the back of the bellhousing, down behind the flexplate and out of the bottom.
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