2.8 km west of Agrio del Medio (Huincul Fm.) [MOZ]: Cenomanian - Late Turonian, Argentina
collected by J. Canudo et al.
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Osteichthyes indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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| tooth fragments | ||||||||||
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Ornithopoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MOZ-PV:020; ungual | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Neuquén | County: | Picunches |
| Coordinates: | 38.4° South, 69.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.0° South, 46.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 721 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian - Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 - Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian - Late Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 89.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,quartzose,yellow sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "quartzitic, fine-grained sandstones and clays. These sandstones show the typical yellowish color that characterizes most of this unit" | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: "sinuous fluvial channels" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | J. Canudo et al. |
Metadata
| Database number: | 146260 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-06-19 12:59:36 | Last modified: | 2021-04-14 19:30:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-06-19 12:59:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47243. | J. I. Canudo, L. Salgado, A. Garrido and J. Carballido. 2013. Primera evidencia de dinosaurios ornitópodos en la base de la Formación Huincul (Cenomaniense Superior-Turoniense, Cuenca Neuquina, Argentina) [First evidence of ornithopod dinosaurs at the base of the Huincul Formation (Cenomanian–upper Turonian, Neuquén Basin, Argentina)]. Geogaceta 53:9-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 76413 | P. Cruzado-Caballero, L. S. Filippi, A. H. Méndez, A. C. Garrido, and R. D. Juárez Valieri. 2016. New record of ornithopod dinosaur from the Plottier Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Patagonia, Argentina. Annales de Paléontologie 102:145-150 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 75729 | P. Cruzado-Caballero, L. S. Filippi, A. H. Méndez, A. C. Garrido, and I. Díaz-Martínez. 2018. First ornithopod remains from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Santonian, Upper Cretaceous), northern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 83:182-193 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 76422 | S. F. Poropat. 2019. Final report. Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia 1-56 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |