Sierra de la Vaca Muerta, La Manga Formation, Neuquen (Jurassic of Argentina)

Also known as Reef 414

Where: Argentina (38.7° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° S, 32.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: La Manga Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone

• coral-algal framestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. D. Matheos and S. M. Morsch. 1990. Geochemistry and paleoecological aspects of coral-bearing limestones from the Late Jurassic at the southern end of the Sierra de la Vaca Muerta, Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 181:159-169 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67865: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.12.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet.
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp.
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Australoseris radialis n. gen. n. sp.
Australoseris radialis n. gen. n. sp. Morsch 1990 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea cf. piveteaui
Actinastrea cf. piveteaui Alloiteau 1954 stony coral
unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836