Where: Salta, Argentina (25.7° S, 65.7° W: paleocoordinates 28.3° S, 52.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Yacoraite Formation (Salta Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: C. Cónsole-Gonella, S. de Valais, R. A. Marquillas and M. Cristina Sánchez. 2017. The Maastrichtian–Danian Maimará tracksite (Yacoraite Formation, Salta Group), Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina: environments and ichnofacies implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 468:327-350 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 219398: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.04.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Acheralichnus leonardii n. gen. n. sp.
Acheralichnus leonardii n. gen. n. sp. Sánchez Roja 2004 hadrosaurid |