Chacay Melehue 2: Late Callovian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Oxycerites oxynotus (Leanza 1946)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae
sp nov.
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Neuquen
Coordinates: 37.0° South, 70.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.0° South, 23.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Callovian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Late Callovian Ammonoid zone:  Patagoniense
Age range of interval: 165.3 - 161.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lotena
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: siltstone
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:135723
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Martinelli
Created:2012-11-05 22:15:50 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-11-05 22:15:50
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

43327. H. Parent. 2006. Oxfordian and late Callovian ammonite faunas and biostratigraphy of the Neuquen-Mendoza and Tarapaca Basins (Jurassic, Ammonoidea, Western South-America). Boletin del Instituto de Fisiografia y Geologia 76(1-2):1-70 [J. Alroy/J. Martinelli]