Where: Argentina (48.9° S, 71.9° W: paleocoordinates 50.7° S, 39.0° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Piedra Clavada Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Piedra Clavada Fm, overlying Rio Mayer Fm (Late Aptian). AGE: Late Aptian on presence of P. russoi. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: 10 m thick siltstone of Piedra Clavada Fm, immediately above PBDB# 64154.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, yellow, sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Reposited in the MLP
• COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. No previous collections reported. REPOSITORY: MLP (Museo de la Plata, Argentina).
Primary reference: F. A. Medina and A.C. Riccardi. 2005. Desmoceratidae, Silesitidae and Kossmaticeratidae (Ammonitida) from the Upper Aptian-Albian of Patagonia (Argentina). Revue de Paleobiologie, Geneve 24(1):251-286 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64156: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Pseudosilesites russoi Leanza 1970 ammonite | |
Sanmartinoceras sp. Bonarelli 1921 ammonite | |
"Hypophylloceras sp." = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras)
"Hypophylloceras sp." = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Salfeld 1924 ammonite |