Also known as Rio Raladillo Grande
Where: La Rioja, Argentina (28.7° S, 67.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° S, 131.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Paroistodus originalis conodont zone, Molles Formation (Famatina Group), Arenig (478.6 - 466.0 Ma)
• Given as "Middle" but we do not recognize that term. The Paroistodus orginalis biozone is Late Arenig in Harland et al., but we do not recognize "Late Arenig" either!
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: The material is deposited in the Chair of Stratigraphy and Historical Geology of the National University of Cordova
Primary reference: T. M. Sánchez. 2001. Moluscos bivalvos de la Formación Molles (Arenigiano medio), sierra de Famatina, Argenitna. Ameghiniana 38(2):185-193 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49050: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Famatinadonta gonzaloi n. gen. n. sp.
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Redonia riojana Sanchez 1997 clam |