Caja de Pandora (Jurassic to of Argentina)

Also known as Pandoravenator-type locality

Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.3° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 29.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cañadón Calcáreo Formation (Sierra de Olte Group), Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, fine-grained, brown, red, cherty/siliceous siltstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by O. Rauhut, D. Pol in 2002, 2009, 2017

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: O. W. M. Rauhut and D. Pol. 2017. A theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of central Patagonia, and the evolution of the theropod tarsus. Ameghiniana 54:506-538 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194542: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 21.06.2018, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Pandoravenator fernandezorum n. gen. n. sp. Rauhut and Pol 2017 tetanuran theropod
MPEF PV 1773