Rio Loro, Aguas Chiquitas: Late/Upper Paleocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Sebecidae
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Lorosuchus nodosus n. gen., n. sp.
Pol and Powell 2011
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Pol and Powell 2011 | |||||||||
| PVL 6219 - holotype (almost complete skull found in articulation with the lower jaws and fragmentary postcranial remains) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Podocnemididae
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Podocnemis cf. argentinensis
Cattoi and Freiberg 1958
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Tucumán |
| Coordinates: | 26.6° South, 65.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.3° South, 53.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Río Loro |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | medium,coarse,red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Fluvial light red medium to coarse sandstones, with not clearly visible stratification with intercalations of siltstones and diamictites | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | El Cadillal Lake; Lorosuchus nodosus type, Medina Range | ||
| Database number: | 58702 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-21 10:41:10 | Last modified: | 2020-02-24 12:57:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-21 10:41:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 39437 | D. Pol and J. E. Powell. 2011. A new sebecid mesoeucrocodylian from the Rio Loro Formation (Palaeocene) of north-western Argentina. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163:S7-S36 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |