List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Scaphonyx fischeri
Woodward 1907
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= Hyperodapedon mariensis
Tupi-Caldas 1933
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Langer et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Thrinaxodon brasiliensis n. sp.
Barberena et al. 1987
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Bonaparte and Barberena 2001 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| PV 0248T (holotype), skull | ||||||||||
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Therioherpeton cargnini n. gen., n. sp.
Bonaparte and Barberena 1975
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MVP 05.22.04 (holotype), skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Rio Grande do Sul | County: | Santa Maria |
| Coordinates: | 29.7° South, 53.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.8° South, 15.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian - Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 - Triassic 4 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Triassic | ||
| *International age/stage: | Carnian | ||
| Key time interval: | Carnian - Norian | Other zone: | Hyperodapedon |
| Age range of interval: | 237 - 208.5 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Rosário do Sul | Formation: | Santa Maria | Member: | Alemoa |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Locality is from the Santa Maria Sequence 2, Santa Maria Supersequence of the Rosario do Sul Group, corresponding to the Alemoa Member of the Santa Maria Formation, or so-called "Hyperodapedon Acme Zone" of late Carnian-early Norian age. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,red mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Outcrop BR-14 | ||
| Database number: | 13220 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Whatley, R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-01-29 16:07:48 | Last modified: | 2021-03-26 13:41:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-01-29 16:07:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4389. | 5% 36760 | J. F. Bonaparte and M. C. Barbarena. 1975. A possible mammalian ancestor from the Middle Triassic of Brazil (Therapsida-Cynodontia). Journal of Paleontology 49(5):931-936 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/R. Whatley] |
Secondary references:
| 57418 | J. F. Bonaparte and M. C. Barberena. 2001. On two advanced carnivorous cynodonts from the Late Triassic of Southern Brazil. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 156:59-80 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 34120 | M. C. Langer, A. M. Ribeiro, C. L. Schultz and J. Ferigolo. 2007. The continental tetrapod-bearing Triassic of south Brazil. In S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann (eds.), The Global Triassic, New Mexico Museum of History and Science Bulletin 41:201-218 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 34758 | F. C. Montefeltro, M. C. Langer, and C. L. Schultz. 2010. Cranial anatomy of a new genus of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101:27-52 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |