El Orejano: Late Cenomanian - Turonian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Rebbachisauridae indet.
(Bonaparte 1997)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| MAU-PV-EO-629, 633, 634, and 666 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Neuquén |
| Coordinates: | 38.0° South, 69.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.7° South, 46.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 466 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a 2.3 m thick sandstone bed, internally composed of a sedimentary structure association represented by horizontal stratification and sets of large scale through cross-stratification, being interpreted as sandy braid bar deposits." | |
| Environment: | coarse channel fill |
| Geology comments: fluvial: bottom channel-fill and downstream accretion bar deposits | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | El Orejano Oil Field; El Orejano YPF SA | ||
| Database number: | 226993 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-08-16 11:10:08 | Last modified: | 2023-12-08 12:47:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-08-16 11:10:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 82392. | F. Bellardini, L. S. Filippi, A. C. Garrido, J. L. Carballido, and M. A. Baiano. 2022. New rebbachisaurid remains from the Huincul Formation (Middle Cenomanian–Early Turonian) of the Central Neuquén Basin, Patagonia, Argentina. Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 22(2):1-24 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 86795 | F. Bellardini, L. S. Filippi, J. L. Carballido, A. C. Garrido, and M. A. Baiano. 2023. Exploring rebbachisaurid hind-limb anatomy on the basis of a new articulated specimen from the Huincul Formation (upper Cenomanian) of Neuquén Basin, Patagonia, Argentina. Historical Biology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion] |