Gran Bajo del Gualicho, Basal Layers: Burdigalian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Valdesia (Juliania) aff. seudocollaris
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Torcula magna
"Spirocolpus" adapicis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Magnatica hansi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Penion patagonensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Austroimbricaria brugnii
Mitra (Fusimitra) carlosi
original and current combination Fusimitra
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus aff. infulatus Hoerle 1976
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira cingula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Adelomelon posei Scarabino et al. 2004
Pachycymbiola camachoi
Pachycymbiola arriolensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) guadalupei
Gastropoda - Struthiolariidae
Perissodonta ameghinoi (Ihering 1897)
recombined as Struthiolarella ameghinoi
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Siphocypraea posei (Figueiras 1985)
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Eudolium lissiei
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia magdai
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus distans (Sowerby 1846)
Bivalvia - Nuculida
Iheringinucula sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Nodipecten salis
Amusium rorii
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara australis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymerita cuevensis
Glycymerita camaronesia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Hedecardium" informal sp. 1 Marwick 1944
"Hedecardium" informal sp. 2 Marwick 1944
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Tawera canalei Reichler 2010
synonym of Ameghinomya argentina
Dosinia (Dosinia) salarensis
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea cf. quemadensis
Panopea aff. nucleus (Ihering 1899)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae sp. Fleming 1828
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Purpurocardia sp. Maxwell 1969
Venericor (Neovenericor) austroplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
synonym of Neovenericor austroplata
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Río Negro
Coordinates: 40.4° South, 65.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.9° South, 59.9° West
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian Nannofossil zone: NN4
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gran Bajo del Gualicho Member:Saladar
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: late Early Miocene-earliest Middle Miocene. Basal layers therefore should be Burdigalian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: Many lithologies reported: but it's not clear whence the fossils came
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:179578
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-06-20 19:06:30 Last modified:2016-06-20 19:47:10
Access level:the public Released:2016-06-20 19:06:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
59467. V. A. Reichler. 2010. Estratigrafía y paleontología del Cenozoico marino del Gran Bajo y Salinas del Gualicho, Argentina y descripción de 17 especies nuevas. Andean Geology 37(1):177-219 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]