Where: Mendoza, Argentina (34.6° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° S, 57.2° 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, fine-grained, medium, shelly/skeletal limestone
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Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. Griffin, A. Parras, and S. Casadío. 2008. Late Maastrichtian-Danian Mytilids and Pinnids (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana 45(1):139-152 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/J. Sessa]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106078: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 02.03.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Camptonectes tutorae Casadío et al. 2005 scallop | |
Plicatula georgiana Fritzsche 1919 scallop | |
Pinna aff. cretacia oyster |