Where: Neuquén, Argentina (37.6° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° S, 58.3° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Roca Formation (Malargüe Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• K/T boundary (basis of HU23) is at 0 m. Beds lumped over 0.80 m. Data from bed/horizon refers to midpoint of sampled beds.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with calcite
Collected by Aberhan, M., Kiessling, W., 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 unpublished Ph.D. thesis.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 74048: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sven Weidemeyer on 19.07.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
Turritella malaspina turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Disparilia sp. clam | |
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Sedentaria | |
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 |