Rio Chañares (Triassic of Argentina)

Also known as Chanares

Where: La Rioja, Argentina (29.8° S, 67.8° W: paleocoordinates 49.8° S, 37.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chañares Formation (Agua de la Peña Group), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Romer, Bonaparte; reposited in the MCZ

Primary reference: A. Arcucci and C. A. Marsicano. 1999. A distinctive new archosaur from the Middle Triassic (Los Chanares Formation) of Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19:228-232 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105535: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 22.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Diapsida - Doswelliidae
Tarjadia ruthae Arcucci and Marsicano 1999 archosauromorph
MCZ 9319, skull roof, mandibular fragment, osteoderm
 Diapsida - Proterochampsidae
Tropidosuchus romeri n. gen. n. sp.3
Tropidosuchus romeri n. gen. n. sp.3 Arcucci 1990 archosauromorph
PVL 4601 (holotype), PVL 4602-4606, 4624
 Dinosauromorpha - Silesauridae
"Pseudolagosuchus major n. gen. n. sp." = Lewisuchus admixtus2
"Pseudolagosuchus major n. gen. n. sp." = Lewisuchus admixtus2 Romer 1972 ornithodiran
PVL 3454 (holotype), hindlimb material. MACN 18954, PULR 53, postcrania
 Lagerpetidae - Lagerpetidae
Lagerpeton chanarensis1 Romer 1971 ornithodiran
PVL 4619, 4625, postcrania