Cerro Vizcacha (Carboniferous to of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (32.6° S, 69.3° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° S, 60.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Jarillal Formation, Virgilian to Virgilian (303.7 - 295.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; shale and sandstone

• The Jarillal formation is composed by shales and sandstones, accumulated in wave- and tide-dominated shallow marine environments.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: acetic,

Primary reference: A. L. Cione, S. Gouiric-Cavalli, J. A. Mennucci, D. A. Cabrera, and R. H. Freije. 2010. First vertebrate body remains from the Permian of Argentina (Elasmobranchii and Actinopterygii). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 121:301-312 [M. Clapham/D. Robinson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119028: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by David Robinson on 20.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
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Actinopterygii indet.
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
5 scales, 4 teeth
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes -
Hybodontiformes indet.
Hybodontiformes indet. elasmobranch
dermal denticles
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
cf. Hybodus sp.
cf. Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
tooth
 Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae
Petrodus sp.
Petrodus sp. McCoy 1848 elasmobranch
dermal denticle