B1-Puesto Araya, Bed 364 and 366, 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; within the Fanninoceras ammonite Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green, calcareous sandstone and sandy limestone

• massive greyish-green and very hard calcareous sandstones and sandy limestones, with several shell-beds that contain a diverse mollusc and brachiopod fauna

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 33729: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 06.08.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae
"Fanninoceras fannini" = Fanninoceras (Fanninoceras) fannini, Eoamaltheus sp.
"Fanninoceras fannini" = Fanninoceras (Fanninoceras) fannini McLearn 1930 ammonite
Eoamaltheus sp. Hillebrandt 1981 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp.
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam