Ranquil-Có 2 (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (36.2° S, 69.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.4° S, 57.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Roca Formation (Malargue Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, coarse-grained, shelly/skeletal limestone

• Limestones. From the published stratigraphic section: predominately sequences of course grained mudstone, wackestone, packstone and grainstone with medium grained shale and fine to medium grained sandstone with some planar bedding and fossils

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 105861: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 26.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer mayai n. sp.2
Septifer mayai n. sp.2 Griffin et al. 2008 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Turkostrea damboreneae
Turkostrea damboreneae Griffin et al. 2005 oyster
GHUNLPam 15639-15640,15644,15647-15649,15652,15664,15667,15774-15755,15777,15779-15780,15783,15793,15803,15807,15811,15813-15815,15819-15820,15827,15830,15833,15853,15896,15899,15903,15927,15962,15976,15978,15981,16009
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula georgiana1
Plicatula georgiana1 Fritzsche 1919 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes tutorae1
Camptonectes tutorae1 Casadío et al. 2005 scallop
1Casadío et al. 2005; 2Griffin et al. 2008