Bajada de Jagüel (upper Danian) (Paleocene of Argentina)

Also known as Los Barreales

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (37.9° S, 68.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 57.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Roca Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• "Upper Danian, Roca Formation"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Argentina (MPEF)

Primary reference: S. S. Brezina, P. D. Taylor, M. V. Romero, E. E. Palópolo, and S. Casadío. 2021. Upper Maastrichtian and Danian bryozoans from northern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 125(104845) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220769: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Balantiostoma sp.
MPEF-PI 6132.7
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae
Ceriopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
MPEF-PI 6132.2
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea ameghinoi Ihering 1907 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae