Where: Mendoza, Argentina (35.5° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° S, 32.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• "marnas negras del Titoniano"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; black marl and coal
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by L. Catalano in 1941
• collected by Luciano R. Catalano during June 5-7, 1941.
Primary reference: C. Rusconi. 1943. Presencia de un plesiosaurio en Mendoza [Presence of a plesiosaur in Mendoza]. Boletin Paleontológico de Buenos Aires 15:1-4 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137136: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Steueroceras ? subfasciatum" = Aulacostephanus
"Steueroceras ? subfasciatum" = Aulacostephanus ammonite | |
"Reineckeia striolata" = Choicensisphinctes striolatus
"Reineckeia striolata" = Choicensisphinctes striolatus Steuer 1897 ammonite | |
Berriasella (Congoceras) mendozana ammonite
? Neocomites crassicostatus ammonite | |
"Berriasella spinulosa" = Micracanthoceras spinulosum
"Berriasella spinulosa" = Micracanthoceras spinulosum Gerth 1925 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Lucina ? laevis clam | |
Osteichthyes | |
Namuncurania malarguense n. gen. n. sp.
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