Where: Neuquen, Argentina (37.0° S, 70.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° S, 32.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Proximum ammonoid zone, Los Molles Formation, Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: H. Parent. 2006. Oxfordian and late Callovian ammonite faunas and biostratigraphy of the Neuquen-Mendoza and Tarapaca Basins (Jurassic, Ammonoidea, Western South-America). Boletin del Instituto de Fisiografia y Geologia 76(1-2):1-70 [J. Alroy/J. Martinelli]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 135722: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Julieta Martinelli on 05.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Hecticoceras proximum ammonite
Hecticoceras sp. Bonarelli 1893 ammonite | |
Rehmannia paucicostata ammonite | |
Araucanites sp. Westermann and Riccardi ammonite |