MACN Gran Barranca 1: Mustersan, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Charopidae
Lilloiconcha sp. Weyrauch 1965
cf. Lilloiconcha gordurasensis
Stephadiscus sp. Hylton Scott 1981
cf. Stephadiscus celinae
Gyrocochlea sp. Hedley 1924
cf. Gyrocochlea ? mirablilis
Rotadiscus sp. Pilsbry 1926
cf. Rotadiscus amancaezensis
Radiodiscus sp. Pilsbry 1906
cf. Radiodiscus riochicoensis
Stephanoda ? mazzonii Miquel and Bellosi 2004
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Odontostomidae
Helix dentata Wood 1828
Gastropoda
Bulimus lutescens King and Broderip 1831
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Chubut
Coordinates: 42.9° South, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.8° South, 62.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Mustersan
Age range of interval: 47.9 - 41.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sarmiento
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "volcaniclastic"
Lithology description: Gastropods are found in paleosols and massive pyroclastic mudstones
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:105837
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:J. Sessa
Created:2011-02-26 02:56:11 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-26 02:56:11
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
35328. S. E. Miquel and E. S. Bellosi. 2010. Middle Eocene - Oligocene gastropods of the Sarmiento Formation, central Patagonia. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich and R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/L. Eccles]