Where: Mendoza, Argentina (35.4° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° S, 30.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Puchenque Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale
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 33750: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 06.08.2003, edited by Sabine Nürnberg
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Pinna cf. folium Young and Bird 1822 oyster | |
Weyla unca Philippi 1899 scallop
Weyla alata von Buch 1838 scallop | |
Placunopsis cf. striatula Oppel 1856 scallop | |
"Plicatula (Harpax) rapa" = Harpax rapa
"Plicatula (Harpax) rapa" = Harpax rapa Bayle and Coquand 1851 scallop | |
"Entolium (Entolium) cf. lunare" = Entolium lunare
"Entolium (Entolium) cf. lunare" = Entolium lunare Roemer 1839 scallop | |
Modiolus ? baylei mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Polychaeta | |
Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 |