Also known as Argentinosuchus holotype site
Where: San Juan, Argentina (30.1° S, 67.9° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° S, 31.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Valle de la Luna Member (Ischigualasto Formation), Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• Middle third of the formation, Ischigualasto-Ischichuca basin
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by O. Reig in 1959
• PVL: Instituto de Miguel Lillo, Tucuman, Argentina
Primary reference: R. M. Casamiquela. 1960. Notica preliminar sobre dos nuevos estagonolepoideos Argentinos. Ameghiniana 2:3-9 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92316: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 06.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Proterochampsa barrionuevoi n. gen. n. sp.2
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Aetosaurinae indet.1 Baur 1887 aetosaur PVL 2053, incomplete right dorsal paramedian scute. Originally referred to Argentinosuchus bonapartei
Argentinosuchus bonapartei n. gen. n. sp. Casamiquela 1960 aetosaur PVL 2091 (holotype), partial forelimb and several scutes.
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Aetosauroides scagliai Casamiquela 1960 aetosaur PVL 2059, incomplete skull, jaws, and fragmentar y postcrania
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