Where: Mendoza, Argentina (34.7° S, 69.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° S, 57.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Roca Formation (Malargue Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified limestone

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 110476: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 09.06.2011

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