Hoyada de Ischiqualasto, lower third (Triassic of Argentina)

Also known as Argentinosuchus

Where: San Juan, Argentina (30.1° S, 67.9° W: paleocoordinates 46.7° S, 33.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ischigualasto Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• Lower third of the formation, Ischigualasto-Ischichuca basin

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by O. Reig in 1959

• PVL: Instituto de Miguel Lillo, Tucuman, Argentina

Primary reference: R. M. Casamiquela. 1960. Notica preliminar sobre dos nuevos estagonolepoideos Argentinos. Ameghiniana 2:3-9 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92317: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 06.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Stagonolepididae
Aetosaurinae indet. Baur 1887 aetosaur
PVL 2146, dorsal and caudal paramedian and caudal lateral scutes
 Pseudosuchia -
Aetosauroides scagliai Casamiquela 1960 aetosaur
PVL 2052, incomplete skeleton with armour.