Where: Mendoza, Argentina (34.9° S, 69.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° S, 30.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jamesoni (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Museo de La Plata (MLP)
Primary reference: A. C. Riccardi, S. E. Damborenea, M. O. Mancenido and S. C. Ballent. 1991. Hettangian and Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) biostratigraphy of Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 4(3):159-170 [A. Miller/D. Schramm/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42771: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Danielle Schramm on 05.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Miltoceras sp. Wiedenmayer 1980 ammonite
Miltoceras cf. sellae Gemmellaro 1884 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Otapiria neuquensis Damborenea 1987 scallop | |
Kalentera sp. Marwick 1953 clam |