La Valenciana mine: Tithonian, Argentina
collected by L. Catalano 1941
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Oplites ? wallichi
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Notodectes argentinus n. sp.
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Bonaparte 1981 | |||||||||
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Namuncurania malarguense n. gen., n. sp.
Rusconi 1943
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1 individual | |||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Tetrapoda | ||||||||||
| MHN-PV 123 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina ? laevis
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Himalayitidae
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Berriasella spinulosa
Gerth 1925
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| recombined as Micracanthoceras spinulosum | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Neocomitidae
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Berriasella (Congoceras) mendozana
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? Neocomites crassicostatus
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Aulacostephanidae
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Steueroceras ? subfasciatum
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| synonym of Aulacostephanus | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Ataxioceratidae
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Reineckeia striolata
Steuer 1897
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| recombined as Choicensisphinctes striolatus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Mendoza |
| Coordinates: | 35.5° South, 69.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.6° South, 32.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "marnas negras del Titoniano" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black marl |
| Secondary lithology: | coal |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: marine beds associated with an asphaltic coal layer. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | L. Catalano | Collection dates: | Jun 1941 |
| Collection method comments: collected by Luciano R. Catalano during June 5-7, 1941. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 137136 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-11 09:47:11 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-11 09:47:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43849. | C. Rusconi. 1943. Presencia de un plesiosaurio en Mendoza [Presence of a plesiosaur in Mendoza]. Boletin Paleontológico de Buenos Aires 15:1-4 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 55099 | J. F. Bonaparte. 1981. Inventario de los vertebrados Jurásicos de América del Sur [Inventory of the Jurassic vertebrates of South America]. In W. Volkheimer & E. A. Musaccio (ed.), Cuencas Sedimentarias del Jurásico y Cretácico de América del Sur 2:661-684 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |