Arroyo las Ramaditas 2: Maastrichtian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna aff. cretacia
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes tutorae
Casadío et al. 2005
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilaster ? edseli
Griffin et al. 2008
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Mendoza |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° South, 69.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.1° South, 57.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,fine,medium,shelly/skeletal lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Limestones. From the published stratigraphic section: predominately sequences of course grained mudstone, wackestone, packstone and grainstone with medium grained shale and fine to medium grained sandstone with some planar bedding and fossils. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 106079 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | ||
| Created: | 2011-03-02 09:43:23 | Last modified: | 2011-06-08 21:11:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-02 09:43:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35334. | M. Griffin, A. Parras, and S. Casadío. 2008. Late Maastrichtian-Danian Mytilids and Pinnids (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana 45(1):139-152 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/J. Sessa] |
Secondary references:
| 36367 | S. Casadío, M. Griffin, and A. Parras. 2005. Camptonectes and Plicatula (Bivalvia, Pteriomorphia) from the Upper Maastrichtian of northrern Patagonia: palaeobiogeographic implications. Cretaceous Research 26(4):507-524 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles/F. Aspromonte] |