Where: Neuquen, Argentina (39.3° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° S, 31.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Emileia giebeli ammonoid zone, Los Molles Formation (Cuyo Group), Early/Lower Bajocian (171.6 - 168.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; shale and marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: MOZ, Museo Olsacher, Zapala, Neuquén, Argentina
Primary reference: M. S. Fernandez. 1999. A new ichthyosaur from the Los Molles Formation (Early Bajocian), Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 73(4):677-681 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 102280: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 12.01.2011, edited by John Alroy and Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Sonninia espinazitensi ammonite | |
Reptilia | |
Mollesaurus periallus Fernandez 1999 ichthyosaur | |
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Maresaurus coccai n. gen. n. sp.1
Maresaurus coccai n. gen. n. sp.1 Gasparini 1997 plesiosaur MOZ P 4386, skull, mandible, atlas-axis complex and the anteriormost cervical vertebrae
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