Cañadón Calcáreo brachiosaur site / DD02 (Jurassic to of Argentina)

Also known as Dionide 2; MPEF PV 3099

Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.2° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.6° S, 30.0° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cañadón Calcáreo Formation (Sierra de Olte Group), Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified sandstone and lithified mudstone

• Figari, E. G., and S. F. Courtade. 1993. Evolución tectosedimentaria de la Cuenca de Cañadón Asfalto, Chubut, Argentina. XII Congreso Geológico Argentino y II Congreso de Exploración de Hidrocarburos, Actas 1:66-77.

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•Proserpio, C. A. 1987. Descripción geológica de la Hoja 44 e, Valle General Racedo, Pcia del Chubut. Dirección Nacional de Minería y Geología, Boletín 201:1-102.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: O. W. M. Rauhut. 2006. A brachiosaurid sauropod from the Late Jurassic Cañadón Calcàreo Formation of Chubut, Argentina. Fossil Record 9(2):226-237 [O. Rauhut/O. Rauhut]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67425: authorized by Oliver Rauhut, entered by Oliver Rauhut on 20.11.2006, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Titanosauriformes indet.
Titanosauriformes indet. Salgado et al. 1997 sauropod