Where: Neuquen, Argentina (40.1° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 28.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Piedra Pintada Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• formation also known as Lajas
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; 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 33909: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 08.08.2003, edited by Sabine Nürnberg
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
? Collignonastraea sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
? Microphyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
? Oppelismilia sp. Duncan 1867 stony coral | |
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Parallelodon groeberi Damborenea 1987 clam
Parallelodon riccardii n. sp. Damborenea 1987 clam | |
Cucullaea jaworskii clam
Cucullaea rothi clam | |
Atreta cf. intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop | |
Weyla bodenbenderi Behrendsen 1891 scallop | |
Gervilleioperna turgida oyster
Isognomon jupiter oyster | |
Gervillella araucana Damborenea 1987 oyster | |
Lycettia hypertrigona mussel | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 |