Where: Mendoza, Argentina (34.9° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° S, 57.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jagüel Formation (Malargüe Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siltstone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: S. Casadío, M. Griffin, and A. Parras. 2005. Camptonectes and Plicatula (Bivalvia, Pteriomorphia) from the Upper Maastrichtian of northrern Patagonia: palaeobiogeographic implications. Cretaceous Research 26(4):507-524 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/F. Aspromonte]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 110473: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 09.06.2011
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Camptonectes tutorae Casadío et al. 2005 scallop | |
Plicatula georgiana Fritzsche 1919 scallop |