C7-Vuta Picun Leufu, Beds 1079-1081, North-Central Neuquen (Jurassic of Argentina)

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

• conglomerate at the based, then medium to fine dark sandstones

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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla bodenbenderi Behrendsen 1891 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys" textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium (Entolium) cf. lunare" = Entolium lunare
"Entolium (Entolium) cf. lunare" = Entolium lunare Roemer 1839 scallop
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Stromatoporoidea
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Andenipora sp. Gerth 1926 stromatoporoid sponge