near Punta Peligro, MPEF-PV 10902 locality: Danian, Argentina
collected 2013-2014
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| MPEF–PV 10902, Right quadrate, left and right prootics, right dentary, and indet. shell remains. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 45.4° South, 67.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.4° South, 56.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||
| 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 - 61.66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Salamanca | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Banco Negro Inferior, BN1 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | mire/swamp |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Collection size: | 1 individuals |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MEF | Collection dates: | 2013-2014 |
| Collection method comments: Material stored in the collections of Museo Paleontologico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Chubut | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 200073 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-03-06 07:47:21 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-03-06 07:47:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 68072. | J. Sterli and M. S. de la Fuente. 2019. Cranial and post-cranial remains and phylogenetic relationships of the Gondwanan meiolaniform turtle Peligrochelys walshae from the Paleocene of Chubut, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 93(4):798-821 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] |