Cerro Butalo 1 (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (35.8° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.0° S, 57.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jagüel Formation (Malargüe Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, medium, shelly/skeletal siltstone

• Comprises mainly siltstones. From the published stratigraphic section:Shale with fine to medium grained sandstone some planar bedding and oscillation ripples

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Silvio Casadío in 1999-2002

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: M. Griffin, S. Casadio, and A. Parras. 2005. Maastrichtian and Danian species of Turkostreini (Ostreidae, Crassostreinae) from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Ameghiniana 42(2):257-276 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105859: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 26.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

• GHUNLPam
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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes tutorae
Camptonectes tutorae Casadío et al. 2005 scallop
Shells, GHUNLPam 10302-10306, 10420-10423
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula georgiana
Plicatula georgiana Fritzsche 1919 scallop
Shells, GHUNLPam 10260-10301, 10441-10445, 10596, 10467
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Turkostrea damboreneae
Turkostrea damboreneae Griffin et al. 2005 oyster
Shells, GHUNLPam 10470,10478-10479,10482,10496,10554,10569,10572,10581,10583,1058