Futalognko Quarry, Costa Dinosaurio [MUCP] (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Also known as Proyecto Dino, Lago Barreales, CePaLB

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.5° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° S, 47.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Portezuelo Formation (Neuquén Group), Late/Upper Turonian to Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 85.8 Ma)

• single 0.5-m thick bed

•"The deposits belong either the upper part of the Portezuelo Formation or the middle portion of the Sierra Barrosa Formation, which are Upper Turonian to Lower Coniacian in age" (Kellner et al. 2023)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: channel lag; fine-grained conglomerate and fine-grained sandstone

• "meandering river system", with point bar, channel, and small lake deposits in region
• "fine conglomerate"; "fine sandstone and carbonates"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. O. Calvo and MUCP in 2000-present

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: J. O. Calvo, J. D. Porfiri, C. Veralli and F. Poblete. 2001. A giant titanosaurid sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. XVII Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Ameghiniana 38(4, suppl.):5R [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49415: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.04.2005, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.6 Linnaeus 1758 clam
Reptilia
 Loricata -
 Loricata - Peirosauridae
? Lomasuchus palpebrosus2 Gasparini et al. 1991 crocodilian
 Loricata -
Comahuesuchus bonapartei n. sp.10 Kellner et al. 2023 crocodilian
jaw
 Pterosauria -
Azhdarchoidea indet.9 pterosaur
MUCPv 358, 359, 600, two partial ulnae and wing phalanx
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.15 Marsh 1881 theropod
MUCPv 1380 (ungual phalanx), MUCPv 1381 (complete R femur),
 Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Abelisauridae "indet. 1"12 Bonaparte and Novas 1985 ceratosaur
MUCPv 381, 384, 386, and 387, teeth (morphotype I)
Abelisauridae "indet. 2"12 Bonaparte and Novas 1985 ceratosaur
MUCPv 391, tooth (morphotype II)
Brachyrostra indet.11 Canale et al. 2008 ceratosaur
MUCPv-1245, transverse process of a caudal vertebra
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Carcharodontosauridae indet.17 Stromer 1931 allosauroid
teeth
 Theropoda - Elongatoolithidae
Elongatoolithidae indet.16 Zhao 1975 theropod
eggshells
 Theropoda -
Maniraptora indet.4 Gauthier 1986 maniraptoran
skull
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet.13 Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran
teeth; could be referable to Unenlagia
Unenlagia paynemili n. sp.3 Calvo et al. 2004 maniraptoran
cf. Neuquenraptor argentinus15 Novas and Pol 2005 maniraptoran
MUCPv 1282 (pedal ungual phalanx)
 Theropoda - Megaraptoridae
Megaraptor namunhuaiquii5 Novas 1998 coelurosaur
MUCPv-341, 412, 413
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Titanosauridae indet.1 Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid
teeth
 Saurischia -
Futalognkosaurus dukei n. gen. n. sp.4
Futalognkosaurus dukei n. gen. n. sp.4 Calvo et al. 2007 sauropod
MUCPv-323
 Ornithischia -
Iguanodontia indet.14 ornithopod
femur, ilium, vertebra
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet.4 Cope 1868 sideneck turtle
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Euteleostei indet.7 Rosen 1973
MUCPv-599
Leufuichthys minimus n. gen. n. sp.8 Gallo et al. 2011
MUCPv-371, 344, 346
Leufuichthys minimus8 Gallo et al. 2011
scales; MUCPv-348