Barda Baya (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: La Pampa, Argentina (36.9° S, 67.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° S, 55.6° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Roca Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation indicated on p. 4

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; yellow limestone

• no detailed information on lithology or paleoenvironment
• yellow-whitish marine carbonates

Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann, S. Casadío, L. Chirino-Galvez and M. Aguirre-Urreta. 1995. Fossil decapod crustaceans from the Jaguel and Roca Formations (Maastrichtian-Danian) of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 69(5 II):1-22 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/F. Aspromonte]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5169: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 01.09.1999, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Franco Aspromonte

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Paraster joannisboehmi3
Paraster joannisboehmi3 Parma and Casadío 2005 heart urchin
GHUNLPam22044–22051, GHUNLPam22146–22148, CPBA14389A-C
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Eucalliacidae
"Callianassa burckhardti" = Eucalliax burckhardti
"Callianassa burckhardti" = Eucalliax burckhardti Bohm 1911 decapod
GHUNLPam 7043
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Ambigostrea clarae1
Ambigostrea clarae1 Ihering 1907 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea wilckensi1
Ostrea wilckensi1 Ihering 1907 oyster
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea inferior
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Pacitrigonia sobrali n. sp.2, Austrotrigonia pampeana n. sp.2
Pacitrigonia sobrali n. sp.2 Leanza and Casadío 1991 clam
GHUNLPam 399
Austrotrigonia pampeana n. sp.2 Leanza and Casadío 1991 clam
GHUNLPam 400
1Casadio 1998; 2Leanza and Casadío 1991; 3Parma and Casadío 2005