Where: Mendoza, Argentina (36.0° S, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.2° S, 31.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cuyo Group, Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous sandstone
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 33815: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 07.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Pinna cf. folium Young and Bird 1822 oyster | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel |