Cerrito Roth, Argentina (Jurassic to of Argentina)

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

• Fine-grained 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

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cf. ovum Sowerby 1825 pointed nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla unca Philippi 1899 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon riccardii Damborenea 1987 clam
Parallelodon groeberi Damborenea 1987 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha neuquena Leanza 1940 clam
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia andium Giebel 1861 clam
 Trigoniida - Groeberellidae
Groeberella neuquensis Groeber 1924 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Distichomeandra cf. austriaca Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
? Retiophyllia sp. Cuif 1966 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
? Stylophyllopsis cf. victoriae Duncan 1867 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Conophyllidae
Myriophyllum sp. Cuif 1975 stony coral