Cañadón de las Campanas tracksite (Tl4): Cenomanian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Bressanichnus patagonicus Calvo 1991
1 individual
MCF-PVPH-818 (cast of CC-Tl4-R2-1)
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Neuquén
Coordinates: 39.3° South, 69.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.4° South, 45.2° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Cenomanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 5
Key time interval: Cenomanian
Age range of interval: 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Neuquén Formation:Candeleros
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:interdune
Geology comments: playa lake and wet interdune deposits
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Associated major elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:219575
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-04-14 12:14:59 Last modified:2021-04-14 12:20:35
Access level:the public Released:2021-04-14 12:14:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

76411. V. Krapovickas, A. C. Garrido, and J. I. Canale. 2020. Dinosaur tracks at Cañadón de las Campanas and Villa El Chocón area (Late Cretaceous, Candeleros Formation), Patagonia, Argentina. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 77(3):447-462 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]