Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.1° S, 68.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.6° S, 56.8° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Jagüel Formation (Malargüe Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• K/T boundary is at 0 m (top of boundary layer). Beds lumped over 1 m. Data from bed/horizon refers to midpoint of sampled beds.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray, green, calcareous mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with calcite
Collected by Aberhan, M., Kiessling, W., Scholz, H., Medina, F. A. in 2003
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
• Number of individuals was determined according to standard procedures. Bivalves: articulated valves plus larger number of right or left valves plus half of undetermined fragments.
Primary reference: S. Weidemeyer. 2007. Molluscs at the K/Pg boundary in Argentina: Extinction and recovery patterns. unpublished Ph.D. thesis. [W. Kiessling/S. Weidemeyer]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 73911: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sven Weidemeyer on 12.07.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccella cf. tumida pointed nut clam
Nuculana cf. amuriensis pointed nut clam | |
Australoneilo gracilis Wilckens 1907 clam | |
Disparilia sp. clam | |
"Nemodon sulcatinus" = Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sulcatinus
"Nemodon sulcatinus" = Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sulcatinus Evans and Shumard 1857 clam | |
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Sedentaria | |
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 |