Where: Neuquen, Argentina (39.2° S, 70.6° W: paleocoordinates 39.6° S, 29.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cuyo Group, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate and 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 33831: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 07.08.2003, edited by Sabine Nürnberg
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Weyla bodenbenderi Behrendsen 1891 scallop | |
"Chlamys" textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
"Entolium (Entolium) cf. lunare" = Entolium lunare
"Entolium (Entolium) cf. lunare" = Entolium lunare Roemer 1839 scallop | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Anthozoa | |
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Andenipora sp. Gerth 1926 stromatoporoid sponge |