Pampa Tril (upper Tithonian levels) (Jurassic of Argentina)
Where: Mendoza, Argentina (37.3° S, 69.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.4° S, 32.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vaca Muerta Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; black shale and marl
• "transgressive offshore marine sediments"
• "Transgressive deposits are mainly composed of thick cyclically stacked black shale and marl successions"
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: Z. Gasparini, D. Pol, and L. A. Spalletti. 2006. An unusual marine crocodyliform from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary of Patagonia. Science 311:70-73 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72050: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 23.05.2007, edited by Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "pliosaurs, ichthyosaurs, [and] other metriorhynchids" but not invertebrates are also found in the formation
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Dakosaurus andiniensis Vignaud and Gasparini 1996 marine crocodile MOZ 6146P (skull with articulated lower jaws and fragmentary postcranial remains)
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