Where: Mendoza, Argentina (34.9° S, 69.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° S, 30.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sinemurian to Sinemurian (199.3 - 174.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
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 36946: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 19.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys" textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop |