Estancia "Las Overas": Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian, Argentina
collected by Heredia, Romero, Bonaparte, & Vince 1980-1989
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Argentinosaurus huinculensis n. gen., n. sp.
Bonaparte and Coria 1993
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1 individual | |||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Neuquén |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° South, 69.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.6° South, 46.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Heredia, Romero, Bonaparte, & Vince | Collection dates: | 1980-1989 |
| Collection method comments: collected by F. Romero et al. 1980, Bonaparte & Vince 1989 | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Argentinosaurus type | ||
| Database number: | 51981 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-07-08 08:49:32 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-08 08:49:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13901. | ETE | J. F. Bonaparte and R. A. Coria. 1993. Un nuevo y gigantesco saurópodo titanosaurio de la Formación Rio Limay (Albanio-Cenomaniano) de la Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina [A new and huge titanosaur sauropod from the Rio Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian) of Neuquén Province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 30(3):271-282 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/F. Aspromonte] |
Secondary references:
| 16547 | ETE | J. F. Bonaparte. 1996. Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina. Münchner Geowissenschaften Abhandlungen 30:73-130 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 34689 | ETE | R. D. Juárez Valieri, J. O. Calvo, and S. D. Rios Díaz. 2011. Sauropods crossing formations: biostratigraphical implications for Patagonian faunal assemblages. In J. O. Calvo, J. D. Porfiri, B. J. González Riga, D. Dos Santos (eds.), Dinosaurios y Paleontología desde América Latina. Anales del III Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología. Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Neuquén 153-160 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 44370 | H. A. Leanza, S. Apesteguia, F. E. Novas and M. S. Fuente. 2004. Cretaceous terrestrial beds from the Neuquen Basin (Argentina) and their tetrapod assemblages. Cretaceous Research 25:61-87 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant] |