Agua de la Mula, Lower Member of Agrio Fm., C. ornatum Subzone (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Neuquen, Argentina (38.0° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° S, 33.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Agrio Formation), Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• P. angulatiformis Zone, C. ornatum Subzone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• Intercalated shales, sandstones and bioclastic limestones. Shoreface to offshore paleoenvironments on a storm-dominated, shallow marine ramp.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. G. Lazo. 2003. The genus Steinmanella (Bivalvia, Trigonioida) in the lower member of the Agrio Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 77(6):1069-1085 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 50182: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 10.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Steinmanella pehuenmapuensis