Where: Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil (29.6° S, 53.4° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° S, 15.8° W)
When: Santa Maria Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; massive mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
• Gastralia, Humerus, ilium, ischium, jugal, lacrimal, nasal, pubis, phalanges, pterygoid, quadrate, quadratojugal, ribs, squamosal, tibia, vomer.
Primary reference: B. Mastrantonio and C. Schultz. 2013. The braincase of Prestosuchus chiniquensis (Archosauria: Suchia). Geological Society Special Publications 379:425-440 [M. Uhen/M. Hudgins]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 189345: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Michael Hudgins on 12.10.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene 1942 archosaur |