Also known as Tachiraptor type
Where: Táchira, Venezuela (8.2° N, 72.0° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 42.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: La Quinta Formation, Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)
• lower third of the ‘middle interval’ of the La Quinta Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. C. Langer, A. D. Rincón, J. Ramezani, A. Solórzano, and O. W. M. Rauhut. 2014. New dinosaur (Theropoda, stem-Averostra) from the earliest Jurassic of the La Quinta Formation, Venezuelan Andes. Royal Society Open Science 1(2):1-15 [AD. Rincon/AD. Rincon/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 174849: authorized by Ascanio Rincon, entered by Ascanio Rincon on 29.11.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Tachiraptor admirabilis n. gen. n. sp.
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