Cerro Granito I-18 (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (39.5° S, 69.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 47.2° S, 25.5° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Vaca Muerta Formation, Tithonian (149.2 - 143.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• calcilutite limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Parent and A. C. Garrido. 2021. The Tithonian ammonite fauna of the transect Cerro Lotena Cerro Granito, Vaca Muerta Formation, Argentina. I. Family Himalayitidae. Boletín del Instituto de Fisiografía y Geología 2021(91):21-60more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236461: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Nida Ashraf on 04.10.2024

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Simoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Choicensisphinctes erinoides Burckhardt 1903 ammonite
transient alpha/beta
Choicensisphinctes cf. burckhardti Douville 1910 ammonite