Cañadón del Desvío, Paso Córdoba (PC-1-15.9) (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Also known as Paso Cordoba

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.1° S, 67.7° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° S, 52.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anacleto Formation (Neuquén Group), Early/Lower Campanian to Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; red mudstone and fine-grained, yellow sandstone

• "floodplain 2"
• "The tracking surface is a reddish mudstone. This surface is covered by homogeneous decametric yellowish fine sandstone that forms natural casts of about 20 cm depth."

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by P. Paniceres & MPCN

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: I. Díaz-Martínez, C. Cónsole-Ganella, S. Valais and L. Salgado. 2018. Vertebrate tracks from the Paso Córdoba fossiliferous site (Anacleto and Allen formations, Upper Cretaceous), Northern Patagonia,Argentina: preservational, environmental and palaeobiological implications. Cretaceous Research 83:207-220 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219308: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur