Arroyo Malo, levels 1397-1404, 1708-1715 (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (34.8° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° S, 28.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badouxia canadensis ammonoid zone, Angulata (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone and lithified shale

• Includes mudstone, shale, limestone, and sill.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo de La Plata (MLP)

Primary reference: A. C. Riccardi, S. E. Damborenea, M. O. Mancenido and S. C. Ballent. 1991. Hettangian and Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) biostratigraphy of Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 4(3):159-170 [A. Miller/D. Schramm/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42767: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Danielle Schramm on 05.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae
Badouxia canadensis Frebold 1951 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
 Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae
Sulciferites cf. marmoreum Meister et al. 2010 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Palmoxytoma sp." = Oxytoma (Palmoxytoma)
"Palmoxytoma sp." = Oxytoma (Palmoxytoma) Cox 1961 scallop