northwest of Sierra San Bernardino: Cenomanian - Campanian, Argentina
collected by E. S. Riggs 1924
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| Bonaparte and Gasparini 1979 | ||||||||||
| femur & tibia | ||||||||||
| Mannion and Otero 2012 | ||||||||||
| Complete right femur (FMNH 13019) and left tibia (FMNH 13020) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 45.6° South, 69.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.6° South, 44.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 1100 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian - Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 - Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian - Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 72.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chubut | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "San Jorge Formation" according to FMNH records but data do not allow greater precision than Chubut Group. | |||||
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 |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | FMNH | ||
| Collectors: | E. S. Riggs | Collection dates: | Jan 1924 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | San Bernardo, Cerro San Bernardino | ||
| Database number: | 52030 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-07-12 08:17:17 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-12 08:17:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 13929 | ETE | J. F. Bonaparte and Z. B. Gasparini. 1979. Los sauropodos de los grupos Neuquén y Chubut, y sus relaciones cronologicas [The sauropods of the Neuquén and Chubut Groups, and their chronological relationships]. Actas del VII Congreso Geológico Argentino, Neuquén 2:393-406 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 41410 | P. D. Mannion and A. Otero. 2012. A reappraisal of the Late Cretaceous Argentinean sauropod dinosaur Argyrosaurus superbus, with a description of a new titanosaur genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):614-638 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/F. Aspromonte] | |
| 36059 | ETE | L. G. Marshall. 1978. Adventures in Patagonia. Field Museum of Natural History Bulletin 49(3):4-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 13712 | ETE | J. E. Powell. 2003. Revision of South American titanosaurid dinosaurs: palaeobiological, palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic aspects. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 111:1-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |