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
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Dipnoi indet.
Müller 1884
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
MCF PVPH-822 - holotype | ||||||||||
= Peirosauridae indet.
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Barrios et al. 2014 | |||||||||
= Bayomesasuchus hernandezi n. gen., n. sp.
Barrios et al. 2016
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Barrios et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Iguanodontia indet.
Baur 1891
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1 individual | |||||||||
MCF-PVPH-77 | ||||||||||
= Anabisetia saldiviai
Coria and Calvo 2002
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Coria and Calvo 2002 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Abelisauridae
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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1 specimen | |||||||||
MCF-PVPH 409 | ||||||||||
= Abelisauria indet.
Novas 1992
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Paulina Carabajal et al. 2003 | |||||||||
= Abelisauroidea indet.
Bonaparte 1991
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Coria et al. 2006 | |||||||||
correct specimen # MCF-PVPH 237 | ||||||||||
= Abelisauridae indet.
Bonaparte and Novas 1985
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Carrano and Sampson 2008 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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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] | |
30810 | ETE | 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] | |
14275 | ETE | 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] |
19239 | ETE | 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] | |
34688 | ETE | 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] |
14279 | ETE | 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] |