Cañadón Grande, Rio Chubút: Albian, Argentina
collected by S. Roth 1896–1898
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Genyodectes serus n. gen., n. sp.
Woodward 1901
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MLP 26-39, Incomplete portions of premaxillae, maxillae, dentaries, supradentaries, splenial, and tooth (holotype) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut | County: | Paso de Indios |
| Coordinates: | 44.5° South, 70.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.1° South, 30.0° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: member assignment is uncertain
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: | red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "red sandstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MLP | ||
| Collectors: | S. Roth | Collection dates: | 1896–1898 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 46075 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-12-30 13:59:23 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-12-30 13:59:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10263. | A. S. Woodward. 1901. On some extinct reptiles from Patagonia, of the genera Miolania, Dinilysia, and Genyodectes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(1):169-184 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 64160 | F. Ameghino. 1906. Les formations sédimentaires du Crétacé supérieur et du Tertiare de Patagonie, avec un parallèle entre leurs faunes mammalogiques et celles de l’ancien continent [The sedimentary formations of the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary of Patagonia, with a parallel between their mammalian faunas and those of the Old World]. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, serie 3e 7:1-508 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 59610 | J. F. Bonaparte. 1978. El Mesozoico de America de Sur y sus Tetrapodos [The Mesozoic of South America and its tetrapods]. Opera Lilloana 26:1-596 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 63573 | J. F. Bonaparte. 1984. I dinosauri dell’Argentina [. In G. M. Ronzoni, M. L. Greggio, & T. B. Guarinoni (eds.), Sulle Orme dei Dinosauri 125-143 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 16547 | ETE | J. F. Bonaparte. 1996. Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina. Münchner Geowissenschaften Abhandlungen 30:73-130 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14128 | ETE | F. v. Huene. 1926. The carnivorous Saurischia in the Jura and Cretaceous formations, principally in Europe. Revista del Museo de La Plata 29:35-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 59060 | F. v. Huene. 1929. Los sauriquios y ornitisquios del Cretáceo argentino. Anales del Museo de La Plata, serie 2 3:1-196 [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] | |
| 45986 | A. Otero and M. Reguero. 2013. Dinosaurs (Reptilia, Archosauria) at Museo de La Plata, Argentina: annotated catalogue of the type material and Antarctic specimens. Palaeontologia Electronica 16(1):3T:1-24 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
| 12291 | ETE | O. W. M. Rauhut. 2004. Provenance and anatomy of Genyodectes serus, a large-toothed ceratosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):894-902 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |