Where: Mendoza, Argentina (36.8° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° S, 57.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jagüel Formation (Malargüe Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, medium, shelly/skeletal siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Silvio Casadío
• GHUNLPam
Primary reference: M. Griffin, S. Casadio, and A. Parras. 2005. Maastrichtian and Danian species of Turkostreini (Ostreidae, Crassostreinae) from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Ameghiniana 42(2):257-276 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/J. Sessa]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105864: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 26.02.2011, edited by Franco Aspromonte
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Septifer mayai n. sp.2
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Cubitostrea primordialis n. sp.
Cubitostrea primordialis n. sp. Griffin et al. 2005 oyster GHUNLPam 17157 (holotype), 17158-17161 and 17185
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