Leaellyn's Site #3, Cerro Barcino: Albian, Argentina
collected by T. Rich 1998

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Carcharodontosauridae
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
2 specimens
MPEF-PV 1168-1169
    = ? Carcharodontosauridae indet. Stromer 1931
Vickers-Rich et al. 1999
    = cf. Tyrannotitan sp. Novas et al. 2005
Carrano et al. 2012
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Chubut
Coordinates: 43.8° South, 68.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.3° South, 40.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Albian
Age range of interval:113.00000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chubut Formation:Cerro Barcino Member:Cerro Castaño
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Ages are found Krause et al. 2020 and Carballido et al. 2017. The contact zones between Puesto La Paloma and Cerros Castaño is approximately Aptian-Early Albian at ~118.5-110.8 Ma.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:T. Rich Collection dates:1998
Metadata
Also known as:Chubut Locality 1997-11
Database number:38531
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-04-23 11:07:47 Last modified:2022-03-04 07:35:53
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-23 11:07:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10337. T. H. Rich, P. J. Vickers-Rich, F. E. Novas, R. Cuneo, P. Puerta and R. Vacca. 1998. Theropods from the "Middle" Cretaceous Chubut Group of the San Jorge Sedimentary Basin, central Patagonia. A preliminary note. GAIA 15:111-115 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

41617 M. T. Carrano, R. B. J. Benson, and S. D. Sampson. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2):211-300 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
79276 J. M. Krause, J. Ramezani, A. M. Umazano, D. Pol, J. L. Carballido, J. P. Sterli Puerta, N. R. Cúneo and E. S. Bellosi. 2020. High-resolution chronostratigraphy of the Cerro Barcino Formation (Patagonia): Paleobiologic implications for the mid-cretaceous dinosaur- rich fauna of South America. Gondwana Research 80:33-49 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham]
13865ETE P. Vickers-Rich, T. H. Rich, D. R. Lanus, L. S. V. Rich, and R. Vacca. 1999. "Big tooth" from the Early Cretaceous of Chubut province, Patagonia: a possible carcharodontosaurid. In Y. Tomida, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium, National Science Museum Monographs 15:85-88 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]