El Molle, 5th fossiliferous horizon, Mojon de Hierro Formation, Chubut: Bashkirian - Moscovian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Wiedeioceras argentinense
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Aviculopectinidae
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Aviculopecten sp.
M'Coy 1851
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Promytilus patagonicus
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? Promytilus sp.
Newell 1942
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Gastropoda
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Pleurotomaria sp.
Defrance 1826
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= Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Wagner 2023 | |||||||||
| Pleurotomaria sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Glabrocingulum argentinus
(Reed 1927)
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| recombined as Glabrocingulum (Stenozone) argentinus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Tropidodiscidae
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Sinuitina gonzalezi
Sabattini 1980
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| recombined as Sinuitina (Spirilira) gonzalezi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Euphemitidae
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Euphemites sp.
Warthin 1930
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Cephalopoda
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Sueroceras irregulare
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Lingulata
- Lingulida
- Discinidae
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Orbiculoidea sp.
d'Orbigny 1847
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Leiorhynchidae
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Nudirostra cuyana
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| synonym of Leiorhynchus | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Neospirifer leoncitensis
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Chonetes sp.
Fischer de Waldheim 1830
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Lissochonetes sp.
Dunbar and Condra 1932
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Monticuliferidae
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Costatumulus amosi
Taboada 1998
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina |
| Coordinates: | 43.8° South, 69.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.2° South, 81.2° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Bashkirian - Moscovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 323.20000 - 307.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Tepuel | Formation: | Mojon de Hierro | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 5th fossiliferous horizon. Costatumulus amosi zone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified conglomerate |
| Lithology description: The Mojon de Hierro Formation consists of sandstones with some conglomerates and black shales. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 64622 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, P. Novack-Gottshall | Enterer: | U. Merkel, P. Novack-Gottshall |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-11 01:24:45 | Last modified: | 2009-04-18 00:59:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-11 01:24:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18596. | C. R. Gonzalez. 2006. Lower Permian bivalves from central Patagonia, Argentina. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80(2):130-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 9042 | P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |