Los Candeleros: Early Cenomanian, Argentina
collected by J. O. Calvo 1988
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Carcharodontosauridae
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Giganotosaurus carolinii
Coria and Salgado 1995
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Calvo 1999 | |||||||||
| MUCPv-95 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Neuquén |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° South, 69.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.2° South, 45.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Neuquén | Formation: | Candeleros | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Río Limay Subgroup | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. O. Calvo | Collection dates: | 1988 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 51944 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-07-06 08:13:30 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-06 08:13:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34273. | ETE | J. O. Calvo. 1990. Un gigantesco theropodo del Miembro Candeleros (Albiano–Cenomaniano) del la Formación Río Limay, Patagonia, Argentina [A gigantic theropod from the Candeleros Member (Albian–Cenomanian) of the Río Limay Formation, Patagonia, Argentina]. VII Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Ameghiniana 26(3-4):241 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 13863 | ETE | J. O. Calvo. 1999. Dinosaurs and other vertebrates of the Lake Ezequiel Ramos Mexía area, Neuquén-Patagonia, Argentina. Y. Tomida, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium, National Science Museum Monographs 15:13-45 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |