Las Lajas (MACN): Tithonian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Notoemys laticentralis n. gen., n. sp.
Cattoi and Freiberg 1961
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MACN 18043 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Neuquén | County: | Picunches |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° South, 70.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.6° South, 32.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vaca Muerta |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MACN |
Metadata
| Database number: | 79650 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-17 09:04:08 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-17 09:04:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26761. | F. de Lapparent de Broin, M. S. de la Fuente, and M. S. Fernández. 2007. Notoemys laticentralis (Chelonii, Pleurodira), Late Jurassic of Argentina: new examination of the anatomical structures and comparisons. Revue de Paléobiologie 26(1):99-136 [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] |