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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 (top of boundary bed) is at 0 m. Beds lumped over 0.70 m. Data from bed/horizon refers to midpoint of sampled beds.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray, yellow, calcareous mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with calcite
Collected by Aberhan, M., Weidemeyer, S. in 2004
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
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 unpublished Ph.D. thesis.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 74002: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sven Weidemeyer on 16.07.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Aphrodina (Tikia) wilckensi venus clam | |
Pteromyrtea sp. Finlay 1926 clam | |
Heterodonta "globosa" Neumayr 1884 clam | |
"Nemodon sulcatinus" = Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sulcatinus
"Nemodon sulcatinus" = Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sulcatinus Evans and Shumard 1857 clam | |
cf. Ostrea vulselloides oyster |