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
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 | |
? Ambercyclus isabelensis Ferrari et al. 2014 snail |