Where: Mendoza, Argentina (35.4° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° S, 31.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Puchenque Formation, Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray, green siltstone 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 33756: 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 | |
Lycettia hypertrigona mussel
Modiolus gerthi Damborenea 1987 mussel | |
Pinna cf. folium Young and Bird 1822 oyster | |
Parvamussium pumilum Lamarck 1819 mud scallop | |
Entolium mapuche n. sp.
Entolium mapuche n. sp. Damborenea 2002 scallop | |
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Eopecten sp. Douvillé 1897 scallop | |
Cucullaea cf. rothi clam | |
Vaugonia sp. Crickmay 1930 clam | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 |