Where: Mendoza, Argentina (35.2° S, 70.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° S, 31.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Toarcian (182.7 - 174.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: S. E. Damborenea. 2002. Early Jurassic bivalves of Argentina: Part 3, Superfamilies Monotoidea, Pectinoidea, Plicatuloidea and Dimyoidea. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 265(1-4):1-119 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36904: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 19.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop | |
Parvamussium pumilum Lamarck 1819 mud scallop | |
? Terquemia andina n. sp.
? Terquemia andina n. sp. Damborenea 2002 clam |