B8-Arroyo Serrucho, Beds 1348-1351, Mendoza: Toarcian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea cf. rothi
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium mapuche n. sp. Damborenea 2002
Damborenea 2002
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Parvamussium pumilum (Lamarck 1819)
Damborenea 2002
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus (Schlotheim 1813)
Damborenea 2002
Eopecten sp. Douvillé 1897
Damborenea 2002
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. folium Young and Bird 1822
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lycettia hypertrigona
Modiolus gerthi Damborenea 1987
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Vaugonia sp. Crickmay 1930
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Mendoza
Coordinates: 35.4° South, 69.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.6° South, 31.2° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Toarcian
Age range of interval:182.70000 - 174.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Puchenque
Local section:Arroyo Serrucho Local bed:1348-1351
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green siltstone
Secondary lithology: sandy "limestone"
Lithology description: greenish gray silstones and shales with dark sandy limestones
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:33756
Authorizer:A. Miller, M. Aberhan Enterer:K. Layou, S. Nurnberg
Modifier:K. Layou Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-08-06 14:55:21 Last modified:2003-08-06 17:55:21
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-06 14:55:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3975. S. E. Damborenea. 1987. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of Argentina: Part 1, Stratigraphical introduction and superfamilies Nuculanacea, Arcacea, Mytilacea and Pinnacea. Palaeontographica A199(1-3):23-111 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

9861 S. E. Damborenea. 2002. Early Jurassic bivalves of Argentina: Part 3, Superfamilies Monotoidea, Pectinoidea, Plicatuloidea and Dimyoidea. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 265(1-4):1-119 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]