Where: Neuquen, Argentina (38.7° S, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° S, 32.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Vaca Muerta Formation, Middle Tithonian to Middle Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• upper Middle Tithonian - lower Upper Tithonian, Alternans? Biozone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Only Ammonoids.
Primary reference: H. Parent. 2001. The Middle Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) Ammonoid fauna of Canadon de los Alazanes, Southern Neuquen-Mendoza Basin, Argentina. Boletin del Instituto de Fisiografia y Geologia 71(1-2):19-38 [W. Kiessling/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47415: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 24.02.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Corongoceras cf. alternans Gerth 1925 ammonite |