D5-Sanico, South Neuquen (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Neuquen, Argentina (40.1° S, 70.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° S, 29.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; tuffaceous, red sandstone

• red tuffaceous sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. E. Damborenea. 1987. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of Argentina: Part 1, Stratigraphical introduction and superfamilies Nuculanacea, Arcacea, Mytilacea and Pinnacea. Palaeontographica A199(1-3):23-111 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33865: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 07.08.2003

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Taxonomic list

Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) cf. folium Young and Bird 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma (Oxytoma) inequivalvis" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma (Oxytoma) inequivalvis" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae