Sierra Dorotea [Cerro Dorotea Fm]: Paleocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Olsacheria argentina
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Malletiidae
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Malletia (Neilo) rudis
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Malletia gracilis
Wilckens 1905
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recombined as Australoneilo gracilis | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula stationis
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea rionegrensis
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Ostrea cf. guaranitica
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Ostrea radiata
Lamarck 1819
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recombined as Lopha radiata | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Acesta) snowhillensis
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original and current combination Acesta | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea antarctica
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? Cucullaea grahamensis
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte cf. venatorum
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Eriphyla drygalskiana
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatellites sp.
Krueger 1823
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synonym of Crassatella | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panope cf. inferior
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corrected as Panopea | |||||||
Panope aff. simplex
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corrected as Panopea | |||||||
Panope pastorei
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corrected as Panopea | |||||||
Panope thomasi
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corrected as Panopea | |||||||
Panope prenucleus
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corrected as Panopea | |||||||
Panope sp.
Menard 1807
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corrected as Panopea | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Lahillidae
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Lahillia gigantea
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Tapes sp.
Mühlfeld 1811
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Meretrix rothi
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Meretrix australis
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Meretrix antarctica
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Martesia cazadoriana
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium cazadoriana
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa cf. scutata
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bulla sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Tornatellaea aff. patagonica
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Tornatellaea guillermoi
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullina australis
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Ampullospira dubia
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spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Ampullospira) | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Tylostomatidae
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Pterodonta patagonica
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Gastropoda
- Struthiolariidae
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Struthiolaria senoniana
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Perissoptera schlagintweiti
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Perissoptera cf. monodactyla
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Arrhoges gregaria
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Struthiolariopsis aff. ferrieri
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Pleurotoma crassatina
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synonym of Turris | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Fusus elegans
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Fusus aff. dusenianus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cominella tumida
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Cominella patagonica
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Austrocominella sp.
(Ihering 1907)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Lunatia pueyrredonensis
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Lunatia cf. constricta
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Polinices cerreria
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella cazodoriana
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Turritella aff. ameghinoi
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Gastropoda
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Pseudotylostoma romeroi
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina |
Coordinates: | 51.3° South, 72.3° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 53.7° South, 62.7° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
Key time interval: | Paleocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cerro Dorotea | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Formación Cerro Dorotea, which (?) overlies Formación Cazador and is overlain by Formación Rio Turbio. AGE: Paleocene. The authors consider to the fauna of contained gastropods in all these levels as of age probably Paleocene by their affinities to the Salamanca and Wangaloa formations. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Composite list for formation. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Unknown, siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: REPOSITORY: Not stated. COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors, possibly including Hünicken and Griffin. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. |
Metadata
Database number: | 99258 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2010-11-03 19:25:11 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-03 19:25:11 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
34134. | C. del Rio. 2002. Molluscos del Terciario marino. Geología y Recursos Naturales de Santa Cruz 2(9):1-22 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |