Bajada de Jagüel (upper Maastrichtian) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (37.9° S, 68.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.2° S, 56.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jagüel Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Argentina (MPEF)

Primary reference: S. S. Brezina, P. D. Taylor, M. V. Romero, E. E. Palópolo, and S. Casadío. 2021. Upper Maastrichtian and Danian bryozoans from northern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 125(104845) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220770: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.06.2021, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Poricella tripora
Poricella tripora Canu 1911
MPEF-PI 6132.67. Listed as upper Danian in text, but upper Maastrichtian in figure caption and specimen list
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Flustrellaria sp.
Flustrellaria sp.
MPEF-PI 6132.21
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Amphidonte mendozana, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis
Amphidonte mendozana Ihering 1907 oyster