Where: Neuquén, Argentina (37.6° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.7° S, 57.6° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Roca Formation (Malargüe Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• K/T boundary (basis of HU23) is at 0 m. Beds lumped over 0.30 m. Data from bed/horizon refers to midpoint of sampled beds.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, coarse-grained sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with calcite
Collected by Aberhan, M., Kiessling, W., Weidemeyer, S. in 2004
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: S. Weidemeyer. 2007. Molluscs at the K/Pg boundary in Argentina: Extinction and recovery patterns. unpublished Ph.D. thesis. [W. Kiessling/S. Weidemeyer]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74020: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sven Weidemeyer on 17.07.2007, edited by Sabine Nürnberg
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Ostreoidea sp. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Ambigostrea clarae Ihering 1907 oyster | |
Camptonectes (Camptochlamys) aff. tutorae Casadío et al. 2005 scallop | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Pseudolimea angusta file clam
Pseudolimea "symmetrica" Douglas and Arkell 1932 file clam | |
Disparilia sp. clam
Eriphyla meridiana clam | |
Solyma cf. levis tellin clam | |
Aphrodina (Tikia) cf. thomsoni venus clam
Aphrodina (Tikia) wilckensi venus clam
Mesocallista aff. solitaria venus clam | |
Protagelus gratus clam | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
"Pterotrigonia (Rinetrigonia) windhauseniana" = Trigonia windhauseniana, Pacitrigonia patagonica
"Pterotrigonia (Rinetrigonia) windhauseniana" = Trigonia windhauseniana Wilckens 1921 clam
Pacitrigonia patagonica Feruglio 1937 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella malaspina turret shell | |
Euspira cf. pueyrredonensis moon snail |