CG2, northern Cerro Guillermo: Late Coniacian - Early Santonian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi n. gen., n. sp.
González Riga et al. 2016
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| UNCUYO-LD 301 - holotype (an associated partial skeleton of a very large individual consisting of an anterior dorsal vertebra, an anterior caudal vertebra, the right humerus, and the proximal end of the left pubis) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Mendoza | County: | Malargüe |
| Coordinates: | 37.1° South, 69.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.9° South, 49.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 900 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Coniacian - Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Coniacian - Early Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 89.8 - 83.6 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic,red mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Red mudstone | |
| Environment: | dry floodplain |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Bioerosion: | occasional |
| Encrustation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Notocolossus type | ||
| Database number: | 175912 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-01-19 04:03:38 | Last modified: | 2019-09-25 13:19:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-01-19 04:03:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57661. | B. J. González Riga, M. C. Lamanna, L. D. Ortiz David, J. O. Calvo, and J. P. Coria. 2016. A gigantic new dinosaur from Argentina and the evolution of the sauropod hind foot. Scientific Reports 6:19165:1-15 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 70307 | E. Previtera. 2019. Taphonomic analysis of saurischian dinosaurs from the Plottier Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Mendoza, Argentina. Andean Geology 46(2):345-367 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |