Rahueco (Cerro Caicayen) 1 (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Neuquen, Argentina (37.5° S, 71.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° S, 33.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Patagoniense ammonoid zone, Lotena Formation, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

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 136304: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Julieta Martinelli on 25.11.2012

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Choffatia sp. Siemiradzki 1898 ammonite
sp. A and B
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
? Oxycerites sp. Rollier 1909 ammonite