Puesto Araya, Argentina (Jurassic of Argentina)

Also known as 3071

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (35.1° S, 69.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° S, 30.1° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Prodactylioceras davoei zone, Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Upper Tragophylloceras Zone to lower Prodactylioceras davoei zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, calcareous sandstone and shale

• Corals in lenticular bed, approximately 100 m long and 4.5 m high.

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: S. M. Morsch. 2001. Scleractinian corals of the Neuquen Basin (Lower Jurassic), Argentina. Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum 1:320-332 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10700: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.06.2001

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Torpidoceras sp.
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. folium
Pinna cf. folium Young and Bird 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
? Gervillaria pallas
? Gervillaria pallas Leanza 1942 oyster
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla sp.
Weyla sp. Böhm 1920 scallop
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella sp.
Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
? Stylophyllopsis cf. victoriae, "? Meandrostylis jaworskii" = Maeandrostylis, Phacelostylophyllum cf. peruvianum
? Stylophyllopsis cf. victoriae Duncan 1867 stony coral
"? Meandrostylis jaworskii" = Maeandrostylis stony coral