Cañadón de Aguada Grande: Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian, Argentina
collected by L. Macaya 2004
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Pitekunsaurus macayai n. gen., n. sp.
Filippi and Garrido 2008
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MAU-Pv-AG-446 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Prochelidella palomoi n. sp.
Maniel et al. 2022
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Maniel et al. 2022 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
| Holotype— MAU-Pv-AG-452. A partially preserved skull; a left first costal bone; a left odd costal bone; a well-preserved plastron including both epiplastra, an entoplastron, a right hyoplastron, both hypoplastron, and left xiphiplastron; and a left ilium. Referred material— MAU-Pv-AG-557/1: odd costal bone, MAU-Pv-AG-557/2: right hypoplastron, MAU-Pv- AG-557/3: right hyoplastron. | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Neuquén |
| Coordinates: | 37.5° South, 68.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.3° South, 53.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | wet floodplain |
| Geology comments: found in a "muddy flooded plain" deposit | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | L. Macaya | Collection dates: | Apr 2004 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Pitekunsaurus type, Rincón de los Sauces | ||
| Database number: | 86439 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-02 13:12:12 | Last modified: | 2019-06-26 15:57:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-02 13:12:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29117. | L. S. Filippi and A. C. Garrido. 2008. Pitekunsaurus macayai gen. et sp. nov., nuevo titanosaurio (Saurischia, Sauropoda) del Cretácico Superior de la Cuenca Neuquina, Argentina [Pitekunsaurus macayai gen. et sp. nov., new titanosaur (Saurischia, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 45(3):575-590 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 69251 | L. S. Filippi. 2015. Los dinosaurios Sauropoda del Cretácico Superior del norte de la Cuenca Neuquina, Patagonia Argentina [The sauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of the north of the Neuquén Basin, Argentine Patagonia]. Boletín del Instituto de Fisiografía y Geología 85:19-28 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 34689 | ETE | R. D. Juárez Valieri, J. O. Calvo, and S. D. Rios Díaz. 2011. Sauropods crossing formations: biostratigraphical implications for Patagonian faunal assemblages. In J. O. Calvo, J. D. Porfiri, B. J. González Riga, D. Dos Santos (eds.), Dinosaurios y Paleontología desde América Latina. Anales del III Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología. Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Neuquén 153-160 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 82737 | I. J. Maniel, M. S. de la Fuente, and L. F. Filippi. 2022. A new chelid turtle, Prochelidella palomoi sp. nov., from Campanian Anacleto Formation, Neuquén Basin, North-Western Patagonia, Argentina. The Anatomical Record 1-12 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] |