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), Middle Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, sandy shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
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 132053: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Choicensisphinctes cf. erinoides Burckhardt 1903 ammonite |