Where: Neuquen, Argentina (40.1° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° S, 28.9° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fanninoceras zone, Piedra Pintada Formation, Early/Lower Pliensbachian to Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• Upper Tragophylloceras Zone to lower Prodactylioceras davoei zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified sandstone
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: S. M. Morsch. 2001. Scleractinian corals of the Neuquen Basin (Lower Jurassic), Argentina. Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum 1:320-332 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 10702: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.06.2001, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana cf. ovum Sowerby 1825 pointed nut clam | |
Weyla bondenbenderi scallop
Weyla unca Philippi 1899 scallop | |
? Gervillaria palas oyster | |
Isognomon jupiter oyster
Gervilleioperna turgida oyster | |
Parallelodon riccardii Damborenea 1987 clam
Parallelodon groeberi Damborenea 1987 clam | |
Cucullaea jaworskii clam
Cucullaea rothi clam | |
Myoconcha neuquena Leanza 1940 clam | |
Cardinia desestriata clam
Cardinia andium Giebel 1861 clam | |
Groeberella neuquensis Groeber 1924 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Distichomeandra cf. austriaca Frech 1890 stony coral | |
? Retiophyllia sp. Cuif 1966 stony coral | |
? Stylophyllopsis cf. victoriae Duncan 1867 stony coral | |
Myriophyllum sp. Cuif 1975 stony coral |