C14-Cerro Granito, Beds 167-169, North-Central Neuquen: Pliensbachian - Toarcian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Myophorella sp. Bayle 1878
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Posidonotis cancellata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Weyla alata (von Buch 1838)
recombined as Weyla (Weyla) alata
W. alata anguestecostata
Weyla unca (Philippi 1899)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) disciforme (Schubler 1833)
Damborenea 2002
Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Neuquen
Coordinates: 39.2° South, 69.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.9° South, 29.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Key time interval:Pliensbachian - Toarcian
Age range of interval:192.90000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Cuyo
Local section:Cerro Granito Local bed:167-169
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: hard calcareous sandstones, medium to coarse grained
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:33845
Authorizer:A. Miller, M. Aberhan Enterer:K. Layou, S. Nurnberg
Modifier:K. Layou Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-08-07 11:54:06 Last modified:2003-08-07 14:54:07
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-07 11:54:06
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]