Where: San Juan, Argentina (32.3° S, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° S, 31.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: El Cholo Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• formation also known as Puesto Araya
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous sandstone and sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: S. E. Damborenea. 1987. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of Argentina: Part 1, Stratigraphical introduction and superfamilies Nuculanacea, Arcacea, Mytilacea and Pinnacea. Palaeontographica A199(1-3):23-111 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33696: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 05.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
? Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
? Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral |