Cerro Hansen: Danian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Naiadochelys maior n. sp.
Staesche 1929
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| recombined as Yaminuechelys maior | ||||||||||
| MPEF PV 1273 - neotype (posterior skull fragment [occipital, otic, and parietal area], mandible, hyoid apparatus, atlas-axis, carapace and plastron) and numerous referred material stored in MPEF, MLP and MACN | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Salamanchelys palaeocenica n. gen., n. sp.
Bona 2006
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Bona 2006 | |||||||||
| MPEF PV-598 - holotype | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 45.3° South, 67.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.8° South, 56.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MACN,MLP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Yaminuechelys maior type locality | ||
| Database number: | 118384 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | ||
| Created: | 2011-10-13 22:01:54 | Last modified: | 2022-05-04 06:55:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-13 22:01:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38137. | P. Bona and M. S. de la Fuente. 2005. Phylogenetic and paleobiogeographic implications of Yaminuechelys maior (Staesche, 1929) new comb, a large long-necked chelid turtle from the early Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):569-582 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 64217 | P. Bona. 2006. Paleocene (Danian) chelid turtles from Patagonia, Argentina: taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 241:303-323 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 63465 | I. J. Maniel and M. S. de la Fuente. 2016. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Chelidae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57(2):191-227 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |