Calmu-Co, NF4 (facies C): Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Titanosauria indet.
Bonaparte and Coria 1993
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| pers. comm. E. Previtera 01/14/2009 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosauroidea indet.
Welles 1943
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| IANIGLIA-PV 224-227; pers. comm. E. Previtera 01/14/2009 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Chelidae indet.
Gray 1825
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| pers. comm. E. Previtera 01/14/2009 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| IANIGLIA-PV 211-212; pers. comm. E. Previtera 01/14/2009 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Mendoza | County: | Malargüe |
| Coordinates: | 36.8° South, 69.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.4° South, 55.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | intraclastic calcareous grainstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: grainstone/limestone with small pelitic clasts at the base | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | FL4 | ||
| Database number: | 86016 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-23 14:43:20 | Last modified: | 2021-04-06 15:03:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-01-23 14:43:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28583. | E. Previtera and B. J. González Riga. 2008. Vertebrados cretácicos de la Formación Loncoche en Calmu-Co, Mendoza, Argentina [Cretaceous vertebrates from the Loncoche Formation in Calmu-Co, Mendoza, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 45(2):349-359 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 76242 | E. Previtera. 2013. Tafonomía de vertebrados del Cretácico Superior de la Formación Loncoche en Calmu-Co (Mendoza, Argentina): implicancias paleoambientales y paleogeográficas [Taphonomy of vertebrates from the Upper Cretaceous Loncoche Formation in Calmu-Co (Mendoza, Argentina): paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic implications]. Ameghiniana 50(5):483-492 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |