Where: Neuquen, Argentina (37.0° S, 70.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° S, 32.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Patagoniense ammonoid zone, Lotena Formation, Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: H. Parent. 2006. Oxfordian and late Callovian ammonite faunas and biostratigraphy of the Neuquen-Mendoza and Tarapaca Basins (Jurassic, Ammonoidea, Western South-America). Boletin del Instituto de Fisiografia y Geologia 76(1-2):1-70 [J. Alroy/J. Martinelli]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 135724: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Julieta Martinelli on 05.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Peltoceras athleta" = Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta
"Peltoceras athleta" = Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta Phillips 1829 ammonite | |
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Hecticoceras lairense Waagen 1875 ammonite |