D15-Cerro Roth South, Bed 94, 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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black, calcareous sandstone

• black calcareous sandstone, very hard and partially silicified

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 33903: 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
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Frenguelliella sp. Leanza 1942 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon groeberi Damborenea 1987 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Radulonectites sosneadoensis Weaver 1931 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla sp. Böhm 1920 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium ? mapuche Damborenea 2002 scallop
Entolium ? disciforme Schubler 1833 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cf. ovum Sowerby 1825 pointed nut clam