Cerro Azul CA 26 (Paleocene of Argentina)

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

• coordinate stated in text

When: NP2 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 232004: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 10.10.2023

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Eucytheridae
Eucythere dinetos Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Pectocytheridae
Keijia kratistos Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Keijia huantraicoensis Bertels 1969 ostracod
 Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Argilloecia hydrodynamicus Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Argilloecia abnormalis Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Paracypris bertelsae Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Paracypris imaguncula Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Palmoconcha similis Bertels 1973 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Bythocythere costata Bertels 1973 ostracod
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Neoveenia argentinensis Bertels 1969 ostracod
Huantraiconella costata Bertels 1975 ostracod
Huantraiconella prima Bertels 1968 ostracod
Trachyleberis weiperti Bertels 1969 ostracod
Petalocythereis schilleri Bertels 1973 ostracod
Cythereis stratios Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
"Henryhowella (Wichmannella) meridionalis" = Wichmannella meridionalis Bertels 1969 ostracod
Hysterocythereis diversotuberculatus Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Orthrocosta atopos n. sp. Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Orthrocosta phantasia Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Actinocythereis indigena Bertels 1969 ostracod
Actinocythereis rex Bertels 1973 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Eucytherura stibaros Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Cytheropteron translimitares Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Cytheropteron hyperdictyon Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Krithe crepidus Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherelloidea spirocostata Bertels 1973 ostracod
Cytherella semicatillus Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod
Cytherella saraballentae Ceolin et al. 2015 ostracod