Where: Neuquen, Argentina (40.1° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 28.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Piedra Pintada Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• formation also known as Lajas
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; tuffaceous, 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 33862: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 07.08.2003, edited by Sabine Nürnberg and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
| Brachiopoda | |
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
| Cephalopoda | |
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Radstockiceras sp. Buckman 1918 ammonite | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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Nuculana cf. ovum Sowerby 1825 pointed nut clam | |
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Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878 clam
Frenguelliella sp. Leanza 1942 clam
Jaworskiella sp. Leanza 1942 clam | |
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Parallelodon ? riccardii Damborenea 1987 clam
Parallelodon groeberi Damborenea 1987 clam | |
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Cucullaea jaworskii clam
Cucullaea rothi clam | |
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Pinna cf. folium Young and Bird 1822 oyster | |
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? Gervillaria pallas Leanza 1942 oyster
Gervillella araucana Damborenea 1987 oyster | |
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Isognomon jupiter oyster | |
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Weyla unca Philippi 1899 scallop
Weyla bodenbenderi Behrendsen 1891 scallop | |
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? Falcimytilus gigantoides mussel | |