Hualtarán, Quebrada Larga: Aptian, Argentina
collected by J. F. Bonaparte & T. M. Sánchez - 1972
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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Puntanipterus globosus n. gen., n. sp.
Bonaparte and Sánchez 1975
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1 individual | |||||||||
| PVL 3869 (holotype), tibiotarsus and fibula | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | San Luis | County: | Belgrano |
| Coordinates: | 32.5° South, 67.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.0° South, 25.1° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.4 - 113.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,green argillaceous sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "greenish sandstones"; "fine argillaceous sands, intercalated between conglomerate deposits" | |
| Environment: | alluvial fan |
| Geology comments: "The paleoenvironment of the La Cruz environment suggests low transport and chaotic deposition, probably related to high density flows of the alluvial type" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. F. Bonaparte & T. M. Sánchez | Collection dates: | Apr-May 1972 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 86514 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-05 13:38:40 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-05 13:38:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29145. | ETE | J. F. Bonaparte and T. M. Sánchez. 1975. Restos de un pterosaurio, Puntanipterus globosus de la Formación La Cruz, Provincia de San Luis, Argentina [Remains of a pterosaur, Puntanipterus globosus from the La Cruz Formation, San Luis Province, Argentina]. Actas del Primer Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia, Tucumán 2:105-113 [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] | |
| 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] |