D16-Cerro Roth, South Neuquen (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Neuquen, Argentina (40.1° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 28.7° 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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Composite of several museum collections with poor stratigraphic data

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 33902: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 08.08.2003, edited by Sabine Nürnberg

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Myalinida - Kolymiidae
"Parainoceramus apollo" = Kolymia
"Parainoceramus apollo" = Kolymia clam
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta cf. intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla (Lywea) unca Philippi 1899 scallop
Weyla (Weyla) bodenbenderi Behrendsen 1891 scallop
 Pectinida - Entolioididae
Kolymonectes weaveri Damborenea 1997 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys" textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Radulonectites sosneadoensis Weaver 1931 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella araucana n. sp. Damborenea 1987 oyster
? Gervillaria pallas Leanza 1942 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon groeberi Damborenea 1987 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cf. ovum Sowerby 1825 pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae