Loma del Lindero: Late Coniacian - Early Santonian, Argentina
collected by J. O. Calvo, M. Palomo, S. Palomo 1997-2001
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Abelisauridae
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Brachyrostra indet.
Canale et al. 2008
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Méndez et al. 2022 | |||||||||
| MAU-Pv-LL-75, Vertebrae, teeth, sacrum? | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Titanosauridae indet.
Lydekker 1885
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| 4 adults, 1 juvenile; MRS-Pv 50,-54-60, 65-68, 70-72, 87-91, 121-23, 125, 127-28, 131-32, 134-35, 137, 139, 141-47, 152, 154, 157, 161-62, 164-66, 168, 170-71, 173-74, 181-82, 187, 189-90, 193, 198-200, 202-04, 209, 212, 214, 224, 229-32, 235-37, 242-43, 245-47, 251-52, 257-59, 266, 271, 273-74, 279, 337, 352-53, 355-58, 369, 371, 375, 377-379, 387, 389, 391-92, 396-97, 399, 404, 408, 412, 419-22, 428-31 | ||||||||||
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= Eutitanosauria indet.
Sanz et al. 1999
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Calvo and González Riga 2005 | |||||||||
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= Muyelensaurus pecheni n. gen., n. sp.
Calvo et al. 2007
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Calvo et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Linderochelys rinconensis n. gen., n. sp.
de la Fuente et al. 2007
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Calvo and González Riga 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MAU-PV-LL-69 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Neuquén |
| Coordinates: | 37.4° South, 69.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° South, 49.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Coniacian - Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Coniacian - Early Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 89.8 - 83.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | fine sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | crevasse splay |
| Geology comments: "meandering rivers" with fossils in overbank deposits | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. O. Calvo, M. Palomo, S. Palomo | Collection dates: | 1997-2001 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Rincón de los Sauces, Lago Mari Menuco | ||
| Database number: | 55445 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-25 06:33:59 | Last modified: | 2023-08-11 14:14:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-25 06:33:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 85640. | J. O. Calvo and B. J. González Riga. 1999. Hallazgos de Theropoda y Titanosauridae y su paleoambiente en una nueva localidad de Rincón de Los Sauces [Discoveries of Theropoda and Titanosauridae and their paleoenvironment in a new locality from Rincon de Los Sauces]. XIV Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Neuquén y Plaza Huincul, 18 al 20 de mayo de 1998, Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 36(1):97 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14938 | ETE | J. O. Calvo and B. J. González Riga. 2005. Hallazgo de un nuevo titanosaurio (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) en Rincón de los Sauces, Patagonia, Argentina [Discovery of a new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) in Rincón de los Sauces, Patagonia, Argentina]. In A. W. A. Kellner, D. D. R. Henriques, and T. Rodrigues (eds.), II Congresso Latino-Americano de Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Boletim de Resumos. Museum Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro 61 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 27159 | ETE | J. O. Calvo, B. J. González Riga, and J. D. Porfiri. 2007. A new titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65(4):485-504 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 25675 | M. S. de la Fuente, J. O. Calvo, and B. J. González Riga. 2007. A new Cretaceous chelid turtle from the northern Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Ameghiniana 44(2):485-492 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 69251 | L. S. Filippi. 2015. Los dinosaurios Sauropoda del Cretácico Superior del norte de la Cuenca Neuquina, Patagonia Argentina [The sauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of the north of the Neuquén Basin, Argentine Patagonia]. Boletín del Instituto de Fisiografía y Geología 85:19-28 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 24659 | ETE | B. J. González Riga and R. A. Astini. 2007. Preservation of large titanosaur sauropods in overbank fluvial facies: a case study in the Cretaceous of Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 23:290-303 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 34689 | ETE | R. D. Juárez Valieri, J. O. Calvo, and S. D. Rios Díaz. 2011. Sauropods crossing formations: biostratigraphical implications for Patagonian faunal assemblages. 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 153-160 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 79474 | A. H. Méndez, F. A. Gianechini, A. Paulina-Carabajal, L. S. Filippi, R. D. Juárez-Valieri, I. A. Cerda, and A. C. Garrido. 2022. New furileusaurian remains from La Invernada (northern Patagonia, Argentina): a site of unusual abelisaurids abundance. Cretaceous Research 129:104989:1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |