Playa Paraiso: Coniacian - Maastrichtian, Argentina
collected by UNPSJB 1993

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae
Chelidae indet. Gray 1825
2 individuals
UNPSJB-PV 1100 (articulated carapace and plastron, and appendicular bones), UNPSJB-PV 1101 (part of the carapace and associated appendicular bones)
Reptilia - Theropoda
Reptilia
Tooth, vertebrae and phalanx
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Chubut
Coordinates: 45.4° South, 68.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.4° South, 51.3° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Coniacian - Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6 - Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Coniacian - Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 89.8 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chubut Formation:Lago Colhué Huapi
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:UNPSJB Collection dates:1993
Collection method comments: The specimens are deposited in Laboratorio de Paleontología de Vertebrados de la UNPSJB
Metadata
Database number:205722
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Modifier:F. Aspromonte
Created:2019-10-18 14:48:32 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-18 14:48:32
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

70518. G. A. Casal, L. M. Ibiricu, R. D. Martinez, M. Luna, B. N. Alvarez and X. Castano. 2018. Nuevos hallazgos de vertebrados fosiles en la formacion Lago Colhue Huapi (Cretacico Superior), Grupo Chubut, Patagonia Argentina. Libro de Resumenes de las VI Jornadas de las Ciencias de la Tierra Dr. E. Mysacchio 13-14 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]

Secondary references:

87818 L. M. Ibiricu, G. A. Casal, R. D. Martínez, B. N. Alvarez, and S. F. Poropat. 2020. New materials and an overview of Cretaceous vertebrates from the Chubut Group of the Golfo San Jorge Basin, central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 98:102460 [E. Vlachos/F. Aspromonte/P. Mannion]