Puesto Las Peñas, Sierra de Las Peñas: Middle Triassic, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Dinosauria indet.
(Owen 1842)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| tridactyl | ||||||||||
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Tetrasauropus sp.
Ellenberger 1970
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| uncollected | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Dicynodontipus sp.
Rühle von Lilienstern 1944
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MCNAM PV-3574 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Mendoza |
| Coordinates: | 32.5° South, 68.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.6° South, 40.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 1334 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Triassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Uspallata | Formation: | Cerro de Las Cabras |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | lacustrine - small |
| Geology comments: "the distal parts of shallow ephemeral lakes and mudflats" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 59670 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-04-06 07:29:20 | Last modified: | 2019-10-30 12:15:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-04-06 07:29:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17074. | ETE | R. N. Melchor and S. de Valais. 2006. A review of Triassic tetrapod track assemblages from Argentina. Palaeontology 49(2):355-379 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/B. Allen] |