Where: Mendoza, Argentina (35.5° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° S, 31.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Puchenque Formation, Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)
• within the Collina chilensis ammonite Zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: S. E. Damborenea. 1987. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of Argentina: Part 1, Stratigraphical introduction and superfamilies Nuculanacea, Arcacea, Mytilacea and Pinnacea. Palaeontographica A199(1-3):23-111 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33794: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 07.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Peronoceras sp. ammonite | |
Harpoceras sp. ammonite
Frechiella cf. helvetica ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Vaugonia sp. Crickmay 1930 clam | |
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 |