Where: Argentina (38.2° S, 61.7° W: paleocoordinates 52.8° S, 54.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bonete Formation (Pillahuinco Group), Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• Middle part of the Bonete Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Department of Geology, University of Buenos Aires
Primary reference: H. J. Harrington. 1955. The Permian Eurydesma fauna of eastern Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 29(1):112-128 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132806: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Promytilus acinaciformis Harrington 1955 mussel |