Arroyo Picún Leufú: Tithonian, Argentina
collected by R. Herbst 1969
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Herbstosaurus pigmaeus n. gen., n. sp.
Casamiquela 1975
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| CTES-PZ 1711 (1709 in Codorniú and Gasparini 2013) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Berriasiella sp.
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Codorniú and Gasparini 2013 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Neuquén |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° South, 70.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.7° South, 25.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 149.2 - 145 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vaca Muerta | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Originally, the holotype was cited as from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) levels of the Lotena Formation (Casamiquela 1975)...However, in the same nodule with the pterosaur was found the ammonite Berriasiella sp., which undoubtedly belongs to the upper levels of the Tithonian, in the Vaca Muerta Formation, which is also exposed in this area." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "sandy arkose" quite close to where block was found | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: "Nearshore marine" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | R. Herbst | Collection dates: | 1969 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Herbstosaurus type | ||
| Database number: | 86513 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-05 13:09:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-05 13:09:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29144. | ETE | R. M. Casamiquela. 1975. Herbstosaurus pigmaeus (Coeluria, Compsognathidae) n. gen. n. sp. del Jurásic medio del Neuquén (Patagonia septentrional). Uno de los más pequeños dinosaurios conocidos [Herbstosaurus pigmaeus (Coeluria, Compsognathidae) n. gen. n. sp. from the Middle Jurassic of Neuquén (northern Patagonia). One of the smallest known dinosaurs]. Actas del Primer Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia, Tucumán 2:87-103 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 59610 | J. F. Bonaparte. 1978. El Mesozoico de America de Sur y sus Tetrapodos [The Mesozoic of South America and its tetrapods]. Opera Lilloana 26:1-596 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55099 | J. F. Bonaparte. 1981. Inventario de los vertebrados Jurásicos de América del Sur [Inventory of the Jurassic vertebrates of South America]. In W. Volkheimer & E. A. Musaccio (ed.), Cuencas Sedimentarias del Jurásico y Cretácico de América del Sur 2:661-684 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 30953 | L. Codorniú and Z. Gasparini. 2007. Pterosauria. In Z. Gasparini, L. Salgado, R. A. Coria (eds.), Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN 143-166 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
| 48381 | L. Codorniú and Z. Gasparini. 2013. The Late Jurassic pterosaurs from northern Patagonia, Argentina. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:399-408 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/R. Butler] |