Cerro Azul CA 12 (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.8° S, 67.9° W: paleocoordinates 41.1° S, 55.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: CC26 nannofossil zone, Jagüel Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; siltstone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, peroxide,

• Twenty-seven outcrop samples were studied, and approximately 20 g of dried rock was crushed and soaked in 200 mL of a hydrogen peroxide solution (H2O2) for 24 h, at a concentration of 35%. Residues were then washed and divided into grain fractions 63, 180 and 250 lm and dried at 60°C. All ostracods were hand-picked under a stereo microscope from each size fraction. Selected specimens were imaged in a EVO MA15 Zeiss scanning electron microscope at the Instituto Tecnologico de Micropaleontologia (itt Fossil) of the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil.

Primary reference: D. Ceolin, R. Whatley, G. Fauth and A. Concheyro. 2015. New genera and species of Ostracoda from the Maastrichtian and Danian of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Papers in Palaeontology 1(4): 425-495 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231997: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 10.10.2023

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Pectocytheridae
Munseyella costaevermiculatus Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Paramunseyella epaphroditus Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Keijia flexuosa Bertels 1975 ostracod
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Petalocythereis venusta Bertels 1975 ostracod
Aleisocythereis polikothonus Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Veenia tumida Bertels 1975 ostracod
Nigeria punctata Bertels 1968 ostracod
Orthrocosta phantasia Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Castillocythereis albertoriccardii Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Cythereis incerta Bertels 1975 ostracod
Cythereis rionegrensis Bertels 1975 ostracod
Sthenarocythereis erymnos Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Hysterocythereis attenuata Bertels 1975 ostracod
Mimicocythereis attilai Bertels 1975 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Eucytherura stibaros Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Argilloecia abnormalis Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Argilloecia concludus Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod