ammonites

Lif-Mahuida Quarry: Friasian, Argentina

Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Río Negro
Coordinates: 41.3° South, 69.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.9° South, 64.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Key time interval:Friasian
Age range of interval:16.3 - 15.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Collón-Curá Member:La Pava
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Edad Friasense"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified diatomite
Lithology description: "capas diatomíticas"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MLP
Collection method comments: Museo de La Plata collection
Taxonomic list comments: undescribed mammals, fishes, invertebrates, and plants also are present; the mammals at least are from tuffs concordantly underlying the diatomite
Metadata
Also known as:Ingeniero Jacobacci
Database number:92113
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-11-01 09:32:17 Last modified:2009-11-01 09:32:17
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-01 09:32:17
Reference information
Primary reference:
31025 A. M. Baez and S. Peri. 1990. Revision de Wawelia gerholdi, un anuro del Mioceno de Patagonia. Ameghiniana 27(3-4):379-386 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]