Cerrito del Bote tracksite, level 1: Early/Lower Cenomanian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Calvo and Mazzetta 2002 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
small form | ||||||||||
= Coelurosauria indet.
Huene 1914
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Calvo and Mazzetta 2004 | |||||||||
tracks | ||||||||||
Sauropodichnus giganteus
Calvo 1991
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Calvo and Mazzetta 2002 | 1 individual | ||||||||
trackway | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Neuquén |
Coordinates: | 39.5° South, 69.3° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.6° South, 45.5° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Altitude: | 411 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Cenomanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Neuquén | Formation: | Candeleros | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: lower part of formation; Río Limay Subgroup |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | medium,coarse,gray sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "grayish, coarse to medium sandstones" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
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
Also known as: | Picún Leufu | ||
Database number: | 49411 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-04-15 07:00:33 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-15 07:00:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
34274. | ETE | J. O. Calvo, R. A. Coria, and L. Salgado. 1990. Nuevas localidades con huellas de dinosaurios del Miembro Candeleros (Albiano–Cenomaniano, Formación Río Limay, Grupo Neuquén), Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina [New localities with dinosaur tracks from the Candeleros Member (Albian–Cenomanian, Río Limay Formation, Neuquén Group), Neuquén Province, Argentina]. VII Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Ameghiniana 26(3-4):241 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
48114 | J. O. Calvo. 2007. Ichnology. In Z. B. Gasparini, L. Sangado & R. A. Coria (eds.), Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles 314-334 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
24872 | ETE | J. O. Calvo and G. V. Mazzetta. 2002. Nuevos hallazgos de huellas de dinosaurios en la Formación Río Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano), Picún Leufú, Argentina [New discoveries of dinosaur tracks in the Río Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), Picún Leufú, Argentina]. 1° Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Chile. Resumenes 21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
13198 | ETE | J. O. Calvo and G. V. Mazzetta. 2004. Nuevos hallazgos de huellas de dinosaurios en la Formación Candeleros (Albiano-Cenomaniano), Picún Leufú, Neuquén, Argentina. Ameghiniana 41(4):545-554 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |