Picun Leufu River, bed PL-5 (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Neuquen, Argentina (39.2° S, 70.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° S, 32.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vaca Muerta Formation (Mendoza Group), Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone

• a more or less short sedimentation event under relative low energy conditions in a well oxygenized, shallow marine environment
• compact, drab to buff color coquiniferous calcarenites, very rich in fossils

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: H. Parent, A. C. Garrido, G. Schweigert and A. Scherzinger. 2011. The Tithonian ammonite fauna and stratigraphy of Picun Leufu, southern Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Revue de Paleobiologie 30(1):45-104 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132047: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Aspidoceratidae "indet. A"
Aspidoceratidae "indet. A" Zittel 1895 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
""Lithacoceras" picunleufuense n. sp." = Indansites picunleufuense, Choicensisphinctes platyconus n. sp., Catutosphinctes guenenakenensis n. sp.
""Lithacoceras" picunleufuense n. sp." = Indansites picunleufuense Parent et al. 2011 ammonite
Choicensisphinctes platyconus n. sp. Parent et al. 2011 ammonite
Catutosphinctes guenenakenensis n. sp. Parent et al. 2011 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Cieneguiticeras perlaevis
Cieneguiticeras perlaevis Steuer 1897 ammonite