Turtle Town, Cerro Barcino: Late Aptian, Argentina
collected by T. Rich 1994, 1997–1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Chubutemys copelloi n. gen., n. sp.
Gaffney et al. 2007
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Gaffney et al. 2007 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
| MPEF PV1236 - holotype; additional referred specimens in ref. 60037 Sterli et al. 2015 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| MPEF-PV-1158, 1159 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 43.8° South, 68.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.0° South, 27.4° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.57 - 113.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chubut | Formation: | Cerro Barcino | Member: | Puesto La Paloma |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: orig. listed as Cerro Castaño Mb., but MPEF data says La Paloma Mb.
Based on Krause et al. 2020 and Carballido et al. 2017. The contact zones between Puesto La Paloma and Cerros Castaño is approximately Aptian-Early Albian at ~118.5-110.8 Ma. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | T. Rich | Collection dates: | 1994, 1997–1998 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 38530 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-04-23 11:04:53 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-23 11:04:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10337. | T. H. Rich, P. J. Vickers-Rich, F. E. Novas, R. Cuneo, P. Puerta and R. Vacca. 1998. Theropods from the "Middle" Cretaceous Chubut Group of the San Jorge Sedimentary Basin, central Patagonia. A preliminary note. GAIA 15:111-115 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 26061 | E. S. Gaffney, T. H. Rich, P. Vickers-Rich, A. Constantine, R. Vacca and L. Kool. 2007. Chubutemys, a New Eucryptodiran Turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Argentina, and the Relationships of the Meiolaniidae. American Museum Novitates 3599:1-35 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 79276 | J. M. Krause, J. Ramezani, A. M. Umazano, D. Pol, J. L. Carballido, J. P. Sterli Puerta, N. R. Cúneo and E. S. Bellosi. 2020. High-resolution chronostratigraphy of the Cerro Barcino Formation (Patagonia): Paleobiologic implications for the mid-cretaceous dinosaur- rich fauna of South America. Gondwana Research 80:33-49 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham] | |
| 63344 | T. H. Rich. 2001. Research report. Dinosaur Draming: Flat Rocks Site Report 2001 13-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |