Picun Leufu River, bed PL-9 (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Neuquen, Argentina (39.2° S, 70.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° S, 32.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vaca Muerta Formation (Mendoza Group), Middle Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, calcareous sandstone

• calcareous, fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: H. Parent, A. C. Garrido, G. Schweigert and A. Scherzinger. 2011. The Tithonian ammonite fauna and stratigraphy of Picun Leufu, southern Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Revue de Paleobiologie 30(1):45-104 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132052: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Cieneguiticeras perlaevis, Pasottia andina
Cieneguiticeras perlaevis Steuer 1897 ammonite
Pasottia andina Parent et al. 2008 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
Pseudolissoceras zitteli
Pseudolissoceras zitteli Burckhardt 1903 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Choicensisphinctes cf. erinoides
Choicensisphinctes cf. erinoides Burckhardt 1903 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Aspidoceratidae "indet. B", Physodoceras "sp. A", Sutneria "sp. A"
Aspidoceratidae "indet. B" Zittel 1895 ammonite
Physodoceras "sp. A" Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Sutneria "sp. A" Zittel 1884 ammonite