Ammonite assemblage and age of the hydrocarbon seep La Elina, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

• Autorzy: Parent Horacio , Kaim Andrzej , Garrido Alberto C.

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DOI

10.14241/asgp.2023.14

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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The ancient hydrocarbon seep deposits at the La Elina Ranch, Neuquén Basin, northern Patagonia, Argentina, are the only Mesozoic seep site in South America yielding metazoan fossils. Apart from benthic mollusc shells and worm tubes, they yielded a number of nektonic ammonoids. Four species of ammonoids were identified: Hildaitoides retrocostatus, Hammatoceras ex gr. insigne, Calliphylloceras cf. nilssoni, and Phylloceras sp. The occurrences of three species (H. ex gr. insigne, C. cf. nilssoni, and Phylloceras sp.) probably are fortuitous, while H. retrocostatus might have actually thrived in, or around the seep, as indicated by numerous well-preserved juveniles, in addition to some adult specimens. The bathymetric estimates indicate a depth not greater than 200 m, while the benthic molluscs, typical of hydrocarbon seeps, indicate a much greater depth. It is hypothesized that the deep-water taxa might have occurred in a shallower setting, owing to rising anoxia and/or strong input of continental waters from the eastern and/or southeastern deltaic system. The ammonite assemblage indicates that the seep at La Elina is (Andean) Middle Toarcian, probably Chilensis Zone, in age.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Neuquén Basin; hydrocarbon seep; ammonites; Early Jurassic; Toarcian

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Geologiczne
• Czasopismo: Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 93, No. 4
• Strony: 353--361
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 66 poz., fot., map., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Parent Horacio

• Laboratorio de Paleontología, IFG, FCEIA, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario, Argentina

autor

Kaim Andrzej

• Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Science, Twarda 51/55, PL-00-818 Warszawa, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6186-5356

autor

Garrido Alberto C.

• Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales “Prof. Dr. Juan A. Olsacher”, Dirección Provincial de Minería, Etcheluz y Ejército Argentino, 8340 Zapala, Argentina
• Centro de Investigación en Geociencias de la Patagonia, Departamento Geología y Petróleo, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Buenos Aires 1400, 8300 Neuquén, Argentina

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