El Palenque, 3rd 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)

• 3rd 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 64411: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria montgomeryi
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Sueroa andreisi n. gen. n. sp., ? Myonia sp. n. sp., ? Vacunella sp.
Sueroa andreisi n. gen. n. sp. clam
? Myonia sp. n. sp. Dana 1847 clam
? Vacunella sp. Waterhouse 1965 clam