Northeast of Cinco Saltos: Danian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Chelidae indet.
Gray 1825
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MCS-PV 146 (three fragments of vertebrae) | ||||||||||
Yaminuechelys cf. maior
(Staesche 1929)
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MCS-PV 113-145 (postcranial remains, mainly portions of plastron and carapace) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Río Negro |
Coordinates: | 38.7° South, 67.9° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.2° South, 56.3° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
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: | "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | platform/shelf-margin reef |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Museo de Cinco Saltos |
Metadata
Database number: | 141238 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-03-21 22:36:15 | Last modified: | 2021-04-14 12:25:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-21 22:36:15 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
45852. | P. Bona, S. Heredia, and M. Fuente. 2009. Tortugas continentales (Pleurodira: Chelidae) en la Formación Roca (Daniano), provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [Continental turtles (Pleurodira: Chelidae) from the Roca Formation (Danian), Río Negro Province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 46(2):255-262 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |