Where: Neuquen, Argentina (36.2° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° S, 32.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pressulus ammonoid zone, La Manga Formation, Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• Pressulus horizon. Correlated with Cordatum standard zone.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales "Prof. Dr. Juna A. Olsacher", Zapala, Neuquen, Argentina (MOZ-PI).
Primary reference: H. Parent and A. C. Garrido. 2015. The ammonite fauna of the La Manga Formation (Late Callovian-Early Oxfordian) of Vega de la Veranada, Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 275(2):163-217 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 171548: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Retroceramus galoi clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Neoprionoceras girardoti Loriol 1902 ammonite | |
Lissoceratoides erato d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite | |
Euaspidoceras ajax Leanza 1947 ammonite
Euaspidoceras veranadaense Parent 2006 ammonite
Peltoceratoides pressulus Leanza 1947 ammonite | |
"Perisphinctes" "n. sp. A" ammonite
Vinalesphinctes "n. sp. A" ammonite | |
Veranadaites palmicostatus Parent and Garrido 2015 ammonite |