Also known as Picun Leufu

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.9° S, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° S, 32.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Picún Leufú Formation (Mendoza Group), Late/Upper Tithonian to Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 139.8 Ma)

• It contains those sediments lying between the Vaca Muerta Formation and the Mulichinco Formation in the southern part of the basin.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: dolomitic, intraclastic, ooidal, gray, yellow, calcareous grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: H. Leanza, A. Zeiss, A. Cione, W.C. Dullo, E. Flugel, J.I. Carate-Zubillaga, and Z. Gasparini. 1990. Upper Jurassic Lithographic Limestones from Argentina (Neuquen Basin): Stratigraphy and Fossils. Facies 22:169-186 [J. Alroy/J. Martinelli]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135627: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Julieta Martinelli on 28.10.2012

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