Las Horquetas: Middle Cenomanian - Late Turonian, Argentina
collected by J. Sciutto, R. Martínez
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| UNPSJB-PV 580 (an isolated, nearly complete anterior caudal vertebra) | ||||||||||
| Salgado and Coria 2005 | ||||||||||
| "probable" rebbachisaurid | ||||||||||
| Ibiricu et al. 2012 | ||||||||||
| Ibiricu et al. 2015 | ||||||||||
| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| UNPSJB-PV 581-582 | ||||||||||
| Ibiricu et al. 2011 | ||||||||||
| "taxon B" | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| UNPSJB-PV 583 | ||||||||||
| Martínez et al. 2016 | ||||||||||
| left premaxilla | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Titanosaurinae indet.
Lydekker 1893
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| UNPSJB-PV 584-587 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 44.9° South, 69.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.6° South, 36.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian - Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 - Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Cenomanian - Late Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 89.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chubut | Formation: | Bajo Barreal | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of Lower Member of Bajo Barreal Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tabular,green sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "green tabular sandstones" | |
| Environment: | fluvial 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 |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | J. Sciutto, R. Martínez |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Estancia Los Sauces, "La Peligrosa" | ||
| Database number: | 68151 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | F. Aspromonte | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-01-04 11:03:08 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-04 11:03:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38262. | J. C. Sciutto and R. D. Martínez. 1994. Un nuevo yacimiento fosilífero de la Formación Bajo Barreal (Cretacico Tardio) y su fauna de saurópodos [A new fossiliferous locality in the Bajo Barreal Formation (Late Cretaceous) and its sauropod fauna]. Naturalia Patagonica, Ciencias de la Tierra 2:27-47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 66791 | G. A. Casal, R. D. Martinez, M. Luna and L. M. Ibiricu. 2016. Ordenamiento y caracterización faunisitica del Cretacico superior del Grupo Chubut, Cuenca del Golfo San Jorge, Argentina. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 19(1):53-70 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 78368 | L. M. Ibiricu, G. A. Casal, R. D. Martínez and C. Navarrete. 2011. Materiales asignables a Titanosauria (Saurischia; Sauropoda) de la Formacion Bajo Barreal, Cretacico Superior, Patagonia Central [Materials assignable to Titanosauria (Saurischia; Sauropoda) from the Bajo Barreal Formation, Upper Cretaceous, central Patagonia]. Brazilian Geographical Journal: Geosciences and Humanities Research Medium, Uberlândia 2(2):337-353 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 39483 | L. M. Ibiricu, G. A. Casal, M. C. Lamanna, R. D. Martínez, J. D. Harris and K. J. Lacovara. 2012. The southernmost records of Rebbachisauridae (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea), from early Late Cretaceous deposits in central Patagonia. Cretaceous Research 34:220-232 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 76290 | L. M. Ibiricu, G. A. Casal, R. D. Martínez, M. C. Lamanna, M. Luna and L. Salgado. 2015. New material of Katepensaurus goicoecheai (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea) and its significance for the morphology and evolution of Rebbachisauridae. Ameghiniana 52(4):430-446 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 58994 | R. D. F. Martínez, M. C. Lamanna, F. E. Novas, R. C. Ridgley, G. A. Casal, J. E. Martínez, J. R. Vita and L. M. Witmer. 2016. A basal lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) with a complete skull: implications for the evolution and paleobiology of Titanosauria. PLoS ONE 11(4):e0151661:1-82 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 19581 | ETE | L. Salgado and R. A. Coria. 2005. Sauropods of Patagonia: systematic update and notes on global sauropod evolution. In K. Carpenter and V. Tidwell (eds.), Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 430-453 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |