Where: Neuquen, Argentina (40.2° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 28.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Piedra Pintada Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• formation also known as Los Molles
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
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 33901: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 08.08.2003, edited by Sabine Nürnberg
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866 | |
Bivalvia | |
Kolymonectes weaveri Damborenea 1997 scallop | |
Otapiria neuquensis Damborenea 1987 scallop | |
"Parainoceramus ? apollo" = Kolymia
"Parainoceramus ? apollo" = Kolymia clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Fanninoceras sp. McLearn 1930 ammonite |