Portezuelo Ancho, Bed 1287 (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Neuquen, Argentina (35.1° S, 70.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° S, 30.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Piedra Pintada Formation, Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• within the Fanninoceras ammonite Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, green, sandy mudstone

• green sandy mudstone with interbedded shell beds

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: S. M. Ferrari, A. Kaim, and S. E. Damborenea. 2014. The genera Calliotropis Seguenza and Ambercyclus n. gen. (Vetigastropoda, Eucyclidae) from the Early Jurassic of Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 88:1174-1188 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163794: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
? Ambercyclus isabelensis Ferrari et al. 2014 snail