Lago Fontana, LF 18 (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (44.8° S, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° S, 32.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Cotidiano Formation, Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified packstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: I. I. Bucur, W. Kiessling, and R. A. Scasso. 2009. Re-description and neotypification of Archamphiroa jurassica Steinmann 1930, a calcareous red alga from the Jurassic of Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 83(6):962-968 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91266: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 14.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Archamphiroa jurassica Steinmann 1926