Leaellyn's Site #3, Cerro Barcino: Albian, Argentina
collected by T. Rich 1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Carcharodontosauridae
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| MPEF-PV 1168-1169 | ||||||||||
| Vickers-Rich et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
| Carrano et al. 2012 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 43.8° South, 68.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.4° South, 28.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.2 - 100.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chubut | Formation: | Cerro Barcino | Member: | Cerro Castaño |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Ages are found 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: | many |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | T. Rich | Collection dates: | 1998 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chubut Locality 1997-11 | ||
| Database number: | 38531 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-04-23 11:07:47 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-23 11:07:47 |
| 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:
| 41617 | M. T. Carrano, R. B. J. Benson, and S. D. Sampson. 2012. The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2):211-300 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] | |
| 13865 | ETE | P. Vickers-Rich, T. H. Rich, D. R. Lanus, L. S. V. Rich, and R. Vacca. 1999. "Big tooth" from the Early Cretaceous of Chubut province, Patagonia: a possible carcharodontosaurid. In Y. Tomida, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium, National Science Museum Monographs 15:85-88 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |