Santa Elena 1: Bathonian - Callovian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae
? Eurycephalites aff. extremus (Tornquist 1898)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Neuqueniceras cf. bodenbenderi
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Hecticoceras sp. Bonarelli 1893
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Mendoza
Coordinates: 35.3° South, 70.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.9° South, 32.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Key time interval:Bathonian - Callovian Ammonoid zone:
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Calabozo
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:lenticular,green sandstone
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:136702
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Martinelli
Modifier:J. Martinelli
Created:2012-12-02 16:29:04 Last modified:2012-12-01 23:29:18
Access level:the public Released:2012-12-02 16:29:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43327. H. Parent. 2006. Oxfordian and late Callovian ammonite faunas and biostratigraphy of the Neuquen-Mendoza and Tarapaca Basins (Jurassic, Ammonoidea, Western South-America). Boletin del Instituto de Fisiografia y Geologia 76(1-2):1-70 [J. Alroy/J. Martinelli]