Where: Argentina (37.2° S, 70.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° S, 32.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: La Manga Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• plicatilis zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, concretionary limestone and lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. Parent, G. Schweigert, and G. Melendez. 2006. Oxfordian perisphinctid ammonites from Chacay Melehue, Argentina. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 80(4):307-324 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68161: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Cephalopoda | |
Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) aff. promiscuus, Subvinalesphinctes pseudokranaus n. sp., Subvinalesphinctes prophetae
Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) aff. promiscuus Bukowski 1887 ammonite
Subvinalesphinctes pseudokranaus n. sp. Parent et al. 2006 ammonite
Subvinalesphinctes prophetae Gygi and Hillebrandt 1991 ammonite | |