El Palenque, 2nd fossiliferous horizon, Mojon de Hierro Formation, Chubut (Carboniferous to of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (43.7° S, 70.6° W: paleocoordinates 56.7° S, 81.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Costatumulus amosi brachiopod zone, Mojon de Hierro Formation (Tepuel Group), Bashkirian to Bashkirian (323.2 - 307.0 Ma)

• 2nd fossiliferous horizon. Costatumulus amosi zone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and lithified conglomerate

• The Mojon de Hierro Formation consists of sandstones with some conglomerates and black shales.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: C. R. Gonzalez. 2006. Lower Permian bivalves from central Patagonia, Argentina. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80(2):130-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64410: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
? Trigonotreta sp.
? Trigonotreta sp. Koenig 1825
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
? Myonia sp.
? Myonia sp. Dana 1847 clam
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Heteropecten cortignasi n. sp.