Where: Mendoza, Argentina (37.0° S, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° S, 33.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pseudokranaus ammonoid zone, La Manga Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shale
Size class: macrofossils
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 136688: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Julieta Martinelli on 02.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Subvinalesphinctes prophetae Gygi and Hillebrandt 1991 ammonite |