Cerro Cacheuta: Carnian - Norian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Chigutisauridae
Pelorocephalus cacheutensis (Rusconi 1953)
1 specimen
MCNA 2966 (Holotype: skull, mandibles, and right humerus)
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Mendoza
Coordinates: 33.1° South, 69.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.5° South, 32.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Carnian - Norian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 3 - Triassic 4
Key time interval: Carnian - Norian
Age range of interval: 237 - 208.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Uspallata Formation:Cacheuta
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: MCNA (Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas)
Metadata
Database number:192150
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:E. Dunne
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-03-13 16:54:22 Last modified:2018-03-13 16:54:22
Access level:the public Released:2018-03-13 16:54:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28828. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2000. Stereospondyli. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B:1-203 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]