Where: Neuquen, Argentina (37.3° S, 70.4° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° S, 34.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Agua de la Mula Member (Agrio Formation), Late/Upper Hauterivian (136.4 - 130.0 Ma)
• The whole of the Agrio Formation crops out, though some parts are covered.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: P. F. Rawson and M. B. Aguirre-Urreta. 2012. Lower Cretaceous ammonites from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina: The Hauterivian genus Spitidiscus. Cretaceous Research 33:97-105 [J. Alroy/J. Martinelli]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 135513: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Julieta Martinelli on 27.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Spitidiscus sp. Kilian 1910 ammonite |