Cerro Bayo Mesa, NF1 [MCF]: Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian, Argentina
collected by Saldivia 1993

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Dipnoi
Dipnoi indet. Müller 1884
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
1 specimen
MCF PVPH-822 - holotype
    = Peirosauridae indet.
Barrios et al. 2014
    = Bayomesasuchus hernandezi n. gen., n. sp. Barrios et al. 2016
Barrios et al. 2016
Iguanodontia indet. Baur 1891
1 individual
MCF-PVPH-77
    = Anabisetia saldiviai Coria and Calvo 2002
Coria and Calvo 2002
Reptilia - Abelisauridae
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
1 specimen
MCF-PVPH 409
    = Abelisauria indet. Novas 1992
Paulina Carabajal et al. 2003
    = Abelisauroidea indet. Bonaparte 1991
Coria et al. 2006
correct specimen # MCF-PVPH 237
    = Abelisauridae indet. Bonaparte and Novas 1985
Carrano and Sampson 2008
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Neuquén
Coordinates: 39.1° South, 69.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.1° South, 47.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Turonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian
Age range of interval:93.50000 - 89.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Neuquén Formation:Cerro Lisandro
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: originally "doubtfully assigned" to the upper levels of the "Huincul member", now formation; originally called "Cerro Lisando Formation"; Rio Limay Subgroup
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red silty siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "a massive, reddish siltstone"; silty
Environment:"channel"
Geology comments: "muddy channel deposits...linked to the deepest area of a point-bar system."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Saldivia Collection dates:1993
Metadata
Database number:49097
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-04-08 10:24:18 Last modified:2021-04-14 19:31:56
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-08 10:24:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13114.ETE R. A. Coria, G. Cladero, and L. Salgado. 1996. Una neuva localidad fosilífera en la Formación Río Limay?, Cretácico Superior, Cerro Bayo Mesa, Provincia de Neuquén [A new fossiliferous locality in the Río Limay? Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Cerro Bayo Mesa, Neuquén Province]. Ameghiniana 33(4):463 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

76270 F. Barrios, A. Paulina Carabajal, and P. Bona. 2014. Nuevo peirosaurido (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) de la Formación Cerro Lisandro (Turoniano medio-superior), Cerro Bayo Mesa, Neuquén [New peirosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Cerro Lisandro Formation (middle-upper Turoniano), Cerro Bayo Mesa, Neuquén]. XXVIII Jornadas Argentina de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 51(6 (suppl.)):4-5 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
58352 F. Barrios, A. Paulina-Carabajal, and P. Bona. 2016. A new peirosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana 53(1):14-25 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
30810ETE M. T. Carrano and S. D. Sampson. 2008. The phylogeny of Ceratosauria (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(2):183-236 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
76417 R. A. Coria. 1999. Materiales de ornitópodos de los niveles inferiores del Grupo Neuquén [Ornithopod materials from the lower levels of the Neuquén Group]. XV Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 36(4 (suppl.)):9R [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14275ETE R. A. Coria and J. O. Calvo. 2002. A new iguanodontian ornithopod from Neuquén Basin, Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):503-509 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
19239ETE R. A. Coria, P. J. Currie, and A. P. Carabajal. 2006. A new abelisauroid theropod from northwestern Patagonia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 43:1283-1289 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
75729 P. Cruzado-Caballero, L. S. Filippi, A. H. Méndez, A. C. Garrido, and I. Díaz-Martínez. 2018. First ornithopod remains from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Santonian, Upper Cretaceous), northern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 83:182-193 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
34688ETE R. D. Juárez Valieri, J. D. Porfiri, and J. O. Calvo. 2011. New Information on Ekrixinatosaurus novasi Calvo et al 2004, a giant and massively-constructed abelisauroid from the “middle Cretaceous” of Patagonia. In J. O. Calvo, J. D. Porfiri, B. J. González Riga, D. Dos Santos (eds.), Dinosaurios y Paleontología desde América Latina. Anales del III Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología. Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Neuquén 161-169 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14279ETE A. Paulina Carabajal, R. A. Coria, and P. J. Currie. 2003. Primer hallazgo de Abelisauria en la Formación Lisandro (Cretácico Superior), Neuquén [First discovery of Abelisauria in the Lisandro Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Neuquén]. Ameghiniana 40(4 (suppl.)):65R [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
76422 S. F. Poropat. 2019. Final report. Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia 1-56 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]