Where: Mendoza, Argentina (35.3° S, 70.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° S, 33.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Lotena Formation, Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; gray, green, blue marl and muddy shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. Parent. 2006. Oxfordian and late Callovian ammonite faunas and biostratigraphy of the Neuquen-Mendoza and Tarapaca Basins (Jurassic, Ammonoidea, Western South-America). Boletin del Instituto de Fisiografia y Geologia 76(1-2):1-70 [J. Alroy/J. Martinelli]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 136706: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Julieta Martinelli on 02.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Lissoceratoides cf. erato d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite | |
Peltoceratoides pressulus Leanza 1947 ammonite |