Los Catutos: Early/Lower Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Pterodactyloidea indet.
(Plieninger 1901)
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Gasparini and Fernández 2005 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Two specimens | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Metriorhynchidae
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Geosaurus sp.
Cuvier 1824
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Gasparini and Fernández 2005 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| Skull | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosauria indet.
de Blainville 1835
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Gasparini and Fernández 2005 | 1 element | ||||||||
| Tooth | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ophthalmosauridae
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Ophthalmosaurus sp.
Seeley 1874
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Gasparini and Fernandez 1997 | |||||||||
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Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus
Appleby 1956
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Fernandez 2000 | |||||||||
| Near-complete specimen | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Notoemys laticentralis
Cattoi and Freiberg 1961
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1 individual | |||||||||
| unstudied specimen | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Neusticemys neuquina
(Fernandez and de la Fuente 1988)
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De La Fuente and Fernandez 2011 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Eurysternum neuquinum | ||||||||||
| MLP 92-IV-10-1, Slab and counterslab with left and right forelimbs, manus and tibia | ||||||||||
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? Eurysternum neuquinum
Fernandez and de la Fuente 1988
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de Broin and de la Fuente 1993 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Neuquén |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° South, 70.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.0° South, 32.4° 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: | Early/Lower Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian | Ammonoid zone: | Windhauseniceras internispinosum |
| Age range of interval: | 149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vaca Muerta | Member: | Las Catutos | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower levels of formation
Kohan Martínez et al. 2018: Los Catutos section was deposited between M22r to M20n Subchrons or late Early Tithonian–early Late Tithonian in ~3.7Ma | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 79652 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Benson, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Tennant, R. Benson |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-17 09:08:52 | Last modified: | 2022-02-14 04:27:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-17 09:08:52 |
| 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] | |
| 45241 | M. S. De La Fuente and M. S. Fernandez. 2011. An unusual pattern of limb morphology in the Tithonian marine turtle Neusticemys neuquina from the Vaca Muerta Formation, Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Lethaia 44:15-25 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 45358 | M. S. Fernandez. 2000. Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs from the Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Historical Biology 14(1-2):133-136 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 46429 | Z. Gasparini and N. Fernandez. 1997. Tithonian marine reptiles of the Eastern Pacific. Ancient Marine Reptiles 435-450 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 45364 | Z. Gasparini and M. Fernández. 2005. Jurassic marine reptiles of the Neuquen Basin: records, faunas, and their palaeobiogeographic significance. In G. D. Viega, L. A. Spalletti, J. A. Howell, E. Schwarz (eds.), The Neuquen Basin, Argentina: A Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics; Geological Society, London, Special Publications 252:279-294 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/F. Aspromonte] | |
| 79835 | M. Kohan Martínez, D. A. Kietzmann, M.P. Iglesia Llanosa, H.A. Leanzaa, and T. Luppoa. 2018. Magnetostratigraphy and cyclostratigraphy of the Tithonian interval from T the Vaca Muerta Formation, southern Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 85:209-228 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham] | |
| 46676 | P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |