Where: Mendoza, Argentina (35.5° S, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° S, 31.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Malarguensis ammonoid zone, Cuyo Group, Concavum (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)
• Bed E
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Museo de Ciencias Naturales, La Plata, Argentina (MLP)
Primary reference: G. E. G. Westermann and A. C. Riccardi. 1982. Ammonoid fauna from the Early Middle Jurassic of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 56(1):11-41 [S. Peters/S. Peters/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 158128: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.07.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Phylloceras cf. trifoliatum Neumayr 1871 ammonite | |
Planammatoceras (Pseudaptetoceras) tricolore n. sp., Planammatoceras (Pseudaptetoceras) moerickei, Puchenquia (Puchenquia) malarguensis
Planammatoceras (Pseudaptetoceras) tricolore n. sp. Westermann and Riccardi 1982 ammonite
Planammatoceras (Pseudaptetoceras) moerickei Jaworski 1926 ammonite
Puchenquia (Puchenquia) malarguensis Burckhardt 1903 ammonite |