Violante farm: Middle Cenomanian - Early Turonian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Chelidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Nogueira et al. 2024 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Sphenodontidae
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Patagosphenos wataku n. gen., n. sp.
Gentil et al. 2019
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Gentil et al. 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MPCA-Pv 809 (holotype), incomplete disarticulated specimen composed of fragment of right palatine, two fragmentary maxillae with teeth, right incomplete dentary, incomplete articular portions of left and right mandibles, possible left scapulocoracoid, incomplete fibular shaft, two incomplete metapodials, and an ungual phalanx | ||||||||||
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Kaikaifilusaurus sp.
Simon and Kellner 2003
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Gentil et al. 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MPCA-Pv 808, incomplete right dentary | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Eusuchia indet.
(Huxley 1875)
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Nogueira et al. 2024 | |||||||||
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Chucarosaurus diripienda n. gen., n. sp.
Agnolin et al. 2023
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Agnolin et al. 2023 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| MPCA PV 820 - holotype; MPCA PV 821 - referred material (found 200 m from holotype) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Carcharodontosauridae
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Taurovenator violantei n. gen., n. sp.
Motta et al. 2016
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MPCA-Pv 802, R postorbital | ||||||||||
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Carcharodontosauridae indet.
Stromer 1931
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MPCA-Pv 803, associated dorsal vertebral centrum, rib, incomplete R hindlimb | ||||||||||
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= Taurovenator violantei
Motta et al. 2016
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Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2024 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Coelurosauria indet.
(Huene 1914)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MPCA-Pv 806, associated anterior cervical, 3 caudals, distal caudal, distal metapodial, proximal manual phalanges | ||||||||||
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? Unenlagiinae indet.
Bonaparte 1999
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| MPCA-Pv 805/1 to 6, associated R metacarpal I, 3 caudals, R pedal II ungual; MPCA-Pv 818 | ||||||||||
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= Unenlagiinae indet.
Bonaparte 1999
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Motta et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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= Overoraptor chimentoi n. gen., n. sp.
Motta et al. 2020
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Motta et al. 2020 | |||||||||
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Aoniraptor libertatem n. gen., n. sp.
Motta et al. 2016
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MPCA-Pv 804/1 to 25, associated vertebral series | ||||||||||
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Gualicho shinyae n. gen., n. sp.
Apesteguia et al. 2016
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Apesteguia et al. 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MPCN PV 0001 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Abelisauridae
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Abelisauridae indet.
Bonaparte and Novas 1985
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Méndez et al. 2022 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| MCA-56, Pedal unguals; skull, axial and appendicular remains | ||||||||||
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Tralkasaurus cuyi n. gen., n. sp.
Cerroni et al. 2020
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Cerroni et al. 2020 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| MPCA-Pv 815, Right maxilla, distorted and incomplete dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, cervical ribs, and pubis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Abelisauroidea informal indet. 1
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MPCA-Pv 800, distal end of L quadrate | ||||||||||
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Abelisauroidea informal indet. 2
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MPCA-Pv 801, R metatarsal IV | ||||||||||
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Chakisaurus nekul n. gen., n. sp.
Nogueira et al. 2024
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Nogueira et al. 2024 | 4 individuals | ||||||||
| MPCA Pv 816 (holotype) plus 3 specimens found 500 m away: MPCA Pv 822, MPCA Pv 823, and MPCA Pv 813 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Río Negro |
| Coordinates: | 39.4° South, 68.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.1° South, 45.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian - Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 - Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Cenomanian - Early Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 89.8 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,medium,tuffaceous,green,yellow sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "yellowish and greenish fine- to medium-grainsed sandtones that sometimes can be tuffaceous" | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: "a high sinuosity fluvial system that gradually lowers its sinuosity" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Violante’s farm; Pueblo Blanco Natural Reserve | ||
| Database number: | 180530 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, G. Lloyd, T. Cleary, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, T. Cleary, G. Lloyd, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-20 16:28:19 | Last modified: | 2024-12-06 15:38:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-20 16:28:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59904. | M. J. Motta, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, S. Rozadilla, F. L. Agnolin, N. R. Chimento, F. Brissón Egli, and F. E. Novas. 2016. New theropod fauna from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. In A. Khosla & S. G. Lucas (ed.), Cretaceous Period: Biotic Diversity and Biogeography. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 71:231-253 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 83797 | F. L. Agnolin, B. J. Gonzalez Riga, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, S. Rozadilla, M. J. Motta, N. R. Chimento, and F. E. Novas. 2023. A new giant titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 146:105487 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 66123 | S. Apesteguia, N. D. Smith, R. J. Valieri and P. J. Makovicky. 2016. An unusual new theropod with a didactyl manus from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. PLoS One 11(7):e0157793 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd] | |
| 90016 | A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. J. Motta, F. L. Agnolín, T. Tsuihiji, S. Miner, F. Brissón-Egli, and F. E. Novas. 2024. A new carcharodontosaurid specimen sheds light on the anatomy of South American giant predatory dinosaurs. The Science of Nature 111(6) [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 79633 | M. A. Cerroni, M. J. Motta, F. L. Agnolín, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, F. Brissón Egli and F. E. Novas. 2020. A new abelisaurid from the Huincul Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian; Upper Cretaceous) of Río Negro province, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 98:102445:1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 67927 | A. R. Gentil, F. L. Agnolin, J. A. Garcia Marsà, M. J. Motta, and F. E. Novas. 2019. Bridging the gap: sphenodont remains from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Patagonia. Palaeobiological inferences. Cretaceous Research [T. Cleary/T. Cleary/P. Mannion] | |
| 79474 | A. H. Méndez, F. A. Gianechini, A. Paulina-Carabajal, L. S. Filippi, R. D. Juárez-Valieri, I. A. Cerda, and A. C. Garrido. 2022. New furileusaurian remains from La Invernada (northern Patagonia, Argentina): a site of unusual abelisaurids abundance. Cretaceous Research 129:104989:1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 72669 | M. J. Motta, F. L. Agnolin, F. B. Egli and F. E. Novas. 2020. New theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia sheds light on the paravian radiation in Gondwana. The Science of Nature 107:24 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd] | |
| 76340 | M. J. Motta, A. M. Arranciaga Rolando, S. Rozadilla, F. Brissón Egli, and F. E. Novas. 2016. Comentarios sobre la anatomía caudal de Unenlagiidae (Theropoda, Coelurosauria) [Comments on the caudal anatomy of Unenlagiidae (Theropoda, Coelurosauria)]. XXX Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 53(6 (suppl.)):63 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 88763 | R. A. Nogueira, S. Rozadilla, F. L. Agnolín, J. A. Garcia Marsà, M. J. Motta and F. E. Novas. 2024. A new ornithopod from the Upper Cretaceous (Huincul Formation) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina: Implications on elasmarian postcranial anatomy. Cretaceous Research 159 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 89031 | F. E. Novas and S. Bandyopadhyay. 2001. Abelisaurid pedal unguals from the Late Cretaceous of India. Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 7(1):145-149 [E. Vlachos/F. Aspromonte] |