Cañadon de las Tortugas: Late Cenomanian - Turonian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Carcharodontosauridae
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Carcharodontosauridae indet.
Stromer 1931
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MPCA-254, skull roof | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Río Negro |
| Coordinates: | 39.6° South, 69.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.4° South, 46.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 466 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: | Late Cenomanian - Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 89.8 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | La Buitrera | ||
| Database number: | 219515 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-04-12 15:25:01 | Last modified: | 2021-04-12 15:25:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-04-12 15:25:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 76386. | L. J. Pazo and S. Apesteguía. 2012. Nuevos restos craneanos de Carcharodontosauridae (Theropoda, Tetanurae) de “La Buitrera”: provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [New cranial remains of Carcharodontosauridae (Theropoda, Tetanurae) from “La Buitrera”: Río Negro province, Argentina]. XXVI Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. I Jornadas Argentinas Técnicas en Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 49(4 (suppl.)):R54-R55 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |