Northwestern flank of Cerro Bonete, Bed BM12, Sierra Pillahuinco (Permian of Argentina)

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
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Promytilus acinaciformis Harrington 1955 mussel