Cerro Bayo Mesa, NF2 [MCF]: Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian, Argentina
collected by Saldivia 1993

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Iguanodontia indet. Baur 1891
4 individuals
MCF-PVPH 74, 75, 76
    = Anabisetia saldiviai n. gen., n. sp. Coria and Calvo 2002
Coria and Calvo 2002
Reptilia - Abelisauridae
Abelisauridae indet. Bonaparte and Novas 1985
Leanza et al. 2004
Reptilia - Crocodyliformes
Crocodyliformes indet. (Hay 1930)
Leanza et al. 2004
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Leanza et al. 2004
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:93.90000 - 89.80000 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. 7 m above NF1; originally called "Cerro Lisando Formation", Rio Limay Subgroup
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:paleosol/pedogenic mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "poorly developed paleosol"
Environment:"floodplain"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:-single event
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Saldivia Collection dates:1993
Collection method comments: MNI = 4
Metadata
Database number:49098
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Tennant
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-04-08 10:27:10 Last modified:2021-04-14 19:32:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-08 10:27:10
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:

47243 J. I. Canudo, L. Salgado, A. Garrido and J. Carballido. 2013. Primera evidencia de dinosaurios ornitópodos en la base de la Formación Huincul (Cenomaniense Superior-Turoniense, Cuenca Neuquina, Argentina) [First evidence of ornithopod dinosaurs at the base of the Huincul Formation (Cenomanian–upper Turonian, Neuquén Basin, Argentina)]. Geogaceta 53:9-12 [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]
76413 P. Cruzado-Caballero, L. S. Filippi, A. H. Méndez, A. C. Garrido, and R. D. Juárez Valieri. 2016. New record of ornithopod dinosaur from the Plottier Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Patagonia, Argentina. Annales de Paléontologie 102:145-150 [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]
44370 H. A. Leanza, S. Apesteguia, F. E. Novas and M. S. Fuente. 2004. Cretaceous terrestrial beds from the Neuquen Basin (Argentina) and their tetrapod assemblages. Cretaceous Research 25:61-87 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant]
76422 S. F. Poropat. 2019. Final report. Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia 1-56 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]