Cerro Azul CA 17 (Paleocene of Argentina)

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.8° S, 67.9° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° S, 56.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: NP1 nannofossil zone, Jagüel Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 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 232000: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 10.10.2023

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella saraballentae Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Cytherella semicatillus n. sp. Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Cytherella terminopunctata Holden 1964 ostracod
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Paracypris imaguncula Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Paracypris bertelsae Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Argilloecia abnormalis Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Argilloecia hydrodynamicus Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Pectocytheridae
Keijia huantraicoensis Bertels 1969 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Aversovalva glochinos Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Cytheropteron translimitares Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Cytheropteron bidentinos Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Bythocythere costata Bertels 1973 ostracod
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Huantraiconella costata Bertels 1975 ostracod
Huantraiconella prima Bertels 1968 ostracod
Actinocythereis indigena Bertels 1969 ostracod
Actinocythereis rex Bertels 1973 ostracod
Neoveenia argentinensis Bertels 1969 ostracod
Castillocythereis multicastrum Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Petalocythereis schilleri Bertels 1973 ostracod
Hysterocythereis coinotes Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
"Henryhowella (Wichmannella) meridionalis" = Wichmannella meridionalis Bertels 1969 ostracod
Orthrocosta decores Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Orthrocosta phantasia Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Cythereis trajectiones n. sp. Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Cythereis stratios Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Trachyleberis weiperti Bertels 1969 ostracod
Unicapella
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Unicapella sp. Dingle 1980