Liu Malal 1 (Paleocene of Argentina)

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (36.8° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° S, 57.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jagüel Formation (Malargüe Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, medium, shelly/skeletal siltstone

• Comprised mainly siltstones. From the published stratigraphic section: Shale with fine to medium grained sandstone some planar bedding and oscillation ripples.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Silvio Casadío

• GHUNLPam

Primary reference: M. Griffin, S. Casadio, and A. Parras. 2005. Maastrichtian and Danian species of Turkostreini (Ostreidae, Crassostreinae) from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Ameghiniana 42(2):257-276 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105864: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 26.02.2011, edited by Franco Aspromonte

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer mayai n. sp.2
Septifer mayai n. sp.2 Griffin et al. 2008 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea primordialis n. sp.
Cubitostrea primordialis n. sp. Griffin et al. 2005 oyster
GHUNLPam 17157 (holotype), 17158-17161 and 17185
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina ? sp.2
Atrina ? sp.2 Gray 1842 oyster
GHUNLPam 17308, internal mould
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula georgiana1
Plicatula georgiana1 Fritzsche 1919 scallop
1Casadío et al. 2005; 2Griffin et al. 2008