Ita-i-cora: Late Cretaceous, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Faveoloolithidae
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| Grellet-Tinner et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| CICyTTP R-1-1 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| 1 element | ||||||||||
| CICyTTP R-1-3, osteoderm | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Entre Ríos |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° South, 58.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.7° South, 33.4° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 2218 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5-8 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Cretaceous | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Puerto Yeruá |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified conglomeratic sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | ferruginous,gray,red lithified calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: gray sands, medium-thick, well silicified, partly conglomeratic, whitish and reddish color thanks to the presence of iron oxides and frequently calcareous cement (translated) | |
| Environment: | wet floodplain |
| Geology comments: deposited in a humid environment with seasonal rainfall (translated) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Museo de Diamante: CICyTTP | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 38073 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-04-09 11:33:40 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-09 11:33:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10218. | S. de Valais, S. Apesteguía, and D. Udrizar Sauthier. 2003. Nuevas evidencias de dinosaurios de la Formación Puerto Yeruá (Cretácico), provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina [New evidence of dinosaurs from the Puerto Yeruá Formation (Cretaceous), Entre Ríos province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 40(4):631-635 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 40526 | G. Grellet-Tinner, L. E. Fiorelli, and R. B. Salvador. 2012. Water vapor conductance of the Lower Cretaceous dinosaurian eggs from Sanagasta, La Rioja, Argentina: paleobiological and paleoecological implications for South American faveoloolithid and megaloolithid eggs. Palaios 27:35-47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |