Oiteiro 28: Late/Upper Turonian, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Platecarpus sp.
Cope 1869
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MN 6940-V, isolated tooth crown | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Brazil |
Coordinates: | 10.9° South, 37.9° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 17.0° South, 14.0° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Turonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 93.50000 - 89.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 142100 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-04-05 02:39:10 | Last modified: | 2013-04-04 10:39:10 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-05 02:39:10 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
46156. | P. Bengtson and J. Lindgren. 2005. First record of the mosasaur Platecarpus Cope, 1869 from South America and its systematic implications. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 8(1):5-12 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/S. Nurnberg] |