Punta-Nava level 6: Deseadan, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea patagonica d'Orbigny 1842
recombined as Crassostrea patagonica
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Santa Cruz
Coordinates: 47.7° South, 66.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.8° South, 59.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Key time interval:Deseadan
Age range of interval:29.00000 - 21.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local bed:6
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:50073
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Wertheim
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-05-05 14:40:35 Last modified:2006-08-14 01:10:44
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-05 14:40:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13447. A. Tournouër. 1903. Note sur la géologie et la paléontologie de la Patagonie. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 3:464-473 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]