B1-Puesto Araya, Bed 352, Mendoza (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (35.0° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° S, 30.0° 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; gray sandstone and lenticular, tabular limestone

• fine grey sandstones, massive or laminate, with lenticular and tabular beds of calcareous sandstones and limestones

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 33720: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 06.08.2003, edited by Sabine Nürnberg

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla alata
Weyla alata von Buch 1838 scallop
W. alata alata
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Asoella asapha
Asoella asapha Leanza 1942 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula (Harpax) rapa" = Harpax rapa
"Plicatula (Harpax) rapa" = Harpax rapa Bayle and Coquand 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Monotidae
Otapiria neuquensis
Otapiria neuquensis Damborenea 1987 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium (Entolium) cf. lunare" = Entolium lunare
"Entolium (Entolium) cf. lunare" = Entolium lunare Roemer 1839 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
? Trichites sp.
? Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Frenguelliella sp.
Frenguelliella sp. Leanza 1942 clam
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805