Cerro de la Parva (giovinei subzone) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Neuquen, Argentina (37.3° S, 70.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° S, 34.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hoplitocrioceras gentilii ammonoid zone, Agrio Member (Agrio Formation), Early/Lower Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)

• Lower Agrio Member, Hoplitocrioceras giovinei subzone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: University of Buenos Aires (CPBA)

Primary reference: M. B. Aguirre-Urreta and P. F. Rawson. 2001. Lower Cretaceous ammonites from the Neuquen Basin, Argentina: the Hauterivian neocomitid genus Hoplitocrioceras (Giovine, 1950). Cretaceous Research 22:201-218 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178360: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.05.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Hoplitocrioceras giovinei Aguirre-Urreta and Rawson 2001 ammonite