Where: Mendoza, Argentina (33.0° S, 69.3° W: paleocoordinates 50.8° S, 41.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cerro de Las Cabras Formation (Uspallata Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Previously known as the Rio Mendoza Formation; vertebrate biostratigraphy suggests a late Anisian age for this unit (Fröbisch 2009:136)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1969. Dos nuevas "faunas" de reptiles triasicos de Argentina [Two new reptilian "faunas" of the Argentine Triassic]. Gondwana Stratigraphy (IUGS Symposium, Buenos Aires) 2:283-306 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 101828: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 04.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Vinceria andina n. gen. n. sp.
Vinceria andina n. gen. n. sp. Bonaparte 1969 dicynodont PVL 3831, skull. PVL 3832, a nearly complete skull of a juvenile; PVL 5902, a poorly preserved skull
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"Andescynodon mendozensis n. gen. n. sp." = Andescynodon mendozensis, "Rusconiodon mignonei n. gen. n. sp." = Andescynodon mendozensis
"Andescynodon mendozensis n. gen. n. sp." = Andescynodon mendozensis Bonaparte 1969 cynodont PVL 3833, 3834, 3890, 3892, 3894, 3894-1, 3899, 3900, 4390, 4423, 4424–4428, 4432, 6226
"Rusconiodon mignonei n. gen. n. sp." = Andescynodon mendozensis Bonaparte 1969 cynodont PVL 3840, skull
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