Where: Mendoza, Argentina (33.1° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° S, 32.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cacheuta Formation (Uspallata Group), Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: MCNA (Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas)
Primary reference: R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2000. Stereospondyli. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B:1-203 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 192150: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 13.03.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Pelorocephalus cacheutensis Rusconi 1953 tetrapod MCNA 2966 (Holotype: skull, mandibles, and right humerus)
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