Eleven new records of marine gastropods from several localities in west-central Argentina are hereby presented, including the following new species: Proconulus kotrus, Calliotropis (Riselloidea) ligosta, Lyosoma truquicoensis, Exelissa crassicostata, Cirsocerithium agriorivensis, Cataldia? binodosa, Vanikoropsis? leviplicata and Tornatellaea neuquina. These records were recovered from two Early Cretaceous units of the Neuquén Basin, the Mulichinco (Valanginian) and the Agrio (upper Valanginian—upper Hauterivian/lowermost Barremian) formations. The families Proconulidae, Calliotropidae, Neritidae, Cryptaulacidae, ?Pseudomelaniidae, Vanikoridae, Epitoniidae and Acteonidae are represented whilst one record is yet to be assigned at the family level.
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1 August 2017
New Records of Marine Gastropods from the Lower Cretaceous of West-Central Argentina
Cecilia S. Cataldo
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Ameghiniana
Vol. 54 • No. 4
August 2017
Vol. 54 • No. 4
August 2017
Argentina
Cuenca Neuquina
Gastropoda
Hauterivian
Hauteriviano
Neuquén Basin
Valanginian