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An exceptional accumulation of nautilid shells of the species Cymatoceras perstriatum (Steuer) is reported and described in the Lower Cretaceous Agrio Formation of the Neuquén Basin (west-central Argentina). The bed represents a storm deposit in a shallow-water environment within the mid-ramp. The evidences of a storm-related origin of the bed come from the petrographic analysis and taphonomic features of the shells, specially the sedimentary infill pattern. The shells are dispersed in patches within the stratum, without any orientation relative to the bedding plane. It is proposed that the shells were floating after the death of the animals, although most of them have an almost complete living chamber. The presence of some heavily encrusted shells suggests that there is a mixing of specimens with different drift times. A variety of factors related to the origin of such high number of nautilid shells are discussed, including a transgressive stand system tract, the possible existence of a gregarious behaviour, changes in salinity and wind directions. □Lower Cretaceous, Nautilids, Neuquén Basin, shell accumulation, storm deposit. © 2011 The Authors, Lethaia © 2011 The Lethaia Foundation.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:An exceptional storm accumulation of nautilids in the Lower Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
Autor:Cichowolski, M.; Pazos, P.J.; Tunik, M.A.; Aguirre-Urreta, M.B.
Filiación:IDEAN, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria Pab. 2, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
CONICET, Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología, Sede Alto Valle, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Isidro Lobo y Belgrano (8332), General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina
IDEAN, Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria Pab. 2, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:cephalopod; Cretaceous; drift behavior; geoaccumulation; infill; paleoenvironment; petrography; salinity; shallow water; shell; storm deposit; taphonomy; wind direction; Argentina; Neuquen Basin; Animalia; Cymatoceras perstriatum; Nautilida
Año:2012
Volumen:45
Número:1
Página de inicio:121
Página de fin:138
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00271.x
Título revista:Lethaia
Título revista abreviado:Lethaia
ISSN:00241164
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00241164_v45_n1_p121_Cichowolski

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Cichowolski, M., Pazos, P.J., Tunik, M.A. & Aguirre-Urreta, M.B. (2012) . An exceptional storm accumulation of nautilids in the Lower Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Lethaia, 45(1), 121-138.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00271.x
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Cichowolski, M., Pazos, P.J., Tunik, M.A., Aguirre-Urreta, M.B. "An exceptional storm accumulation of nautilids in the Lower Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina" . Lethaia 45, no. 1 (2012) : 121-138.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00271.x
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Cichowolski, M., Pazos, P.J., Tunik, M.A., Aguirre-Urreta, M.B. "An exceptional storm accumulation of nautilids in the Lower Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina" . Lethaia, vol. 45, no. 1, 2012, pp. 121-138.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00271.x
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Cichowolski, M., Pazos, P.J., Tunik, M.A., Aguirre-Urreta, M.B. An exceptional storm accumulation of nautilids in the Lower Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Lethaia. 2012;45(1):121-138.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00271.x