PBDB Collection

Los Catutos (Jurassic to of Argentina)

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.8° S, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 32.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Windhauseniceras internispinosum ammonoid zone, Las Catutos Member (Vaca Muerta Formation), Early/Lower Tithonian to Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• lower levels of formation

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•Kohan Martínez et al. 2018: Los Catutos section was deposited between M22r to M20n Subchrons or late Early Tithonian–early Late Tithonian in ~3.7Ma

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. de Lapparent de Broin, M. S. de la Fuente, and M. S. Fernández. 2007. Notoemys laticentralis (Chelonii, Pleurodira), Late Jurassic of Argentina: new examination of the anatomical structures and comparisons. Revue de Paléobiologie 26(1):99-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79652: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.03.2008, edited by Roger Benson and Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Plesiosauria -	Plesiosauria indet.⁵ Plesiosauria indet.⁵ de Blainville 1835 plesiosaur Tooth
Loricata - Metriorhynchidae	Geosaurus sp.⁵ Geosaurus sp.⁵ Cuvier 1824 marine crocodile Skull
Pterosauria -	Pterodactyloidea indet.⁵ Pterodactyloidea indet.⁵ pterosaur Two specimens
Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae	Ophthalmosaurus sp.⁴, Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus³ Ophthalmosaurus sp.⁴ Seeley 1874 ichthyosaur Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus³ Appleby 1956 ichthyosaur Near-complete specimen
Testudines - Platychelyidae	Notoemys laticentralis Notoemys laticentralis Cattoi and Freiberg 1961 turtle unstudied specimen
Testudinata -	Neusticemys neuquina², ? Eurysternum neuquinum¹ Neusticemys neuquina² Fernandez and de la Fuente 1988 turtle MLP 92-IV-10-1, Slab and counterslab with left and right forelimbs, manus and tibia ? Eurysternum neuquinum¹ Fernandez and de la Fuente 1988 turtle

¹de Broin and de la Fuente 1993; ²De La Fuente and Fernandez 2011; ³Fernandez 2000; ⁴Gasparini and Fernandez 1997; ⁵Gasparini and Fernández 2005