3 km north of Ingeniero Jacobacci: Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Argentina
collected by R. M. Casamiquela 1970
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonii indet.
Latreille 1800
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de Broin and de la Fuente 1993 | ||||||
| synonym of Testudines | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosaurinae indet.
Lambe 1918
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Titanosauridae indet.
Lydekker 1885
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1 individual | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Río Negro |
| Coordinates: | 41.3° South, 69.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.9° South, 55.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 894 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Coli Toro |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "sands and yellowish limonite" | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MACN | ||
| Collectors: | R. M. Casamiquela | Collection dates: | 1970s |
Metadata
| Database number: | 51594 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-06-08 14:52:14 | Last modified: | 2021-04-19 11:27:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-08 14:52:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13712. | ETE | J. E. Powell. 2003. Revision of South American titanosaurid dinosaurs: palaeobiological, palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic aspects. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 111:1-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 42415 | F. de Broin and M. de la Fuente. 1993. Les tortues fossiles d'Argentine: synthese [The fossil turtles of Argentina: synthesis]. Annales de Paléontologie (Invertebrés-Vertebrés) 79(3):169-232 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano] |