2 km east of Puesto Las Higueras: Middle Triassic, Argentina
collected by J. F. Bonaparte 1963-1964
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Therapsida indet.
Broom 1905
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| PVL 2730; Cynodontia or Bauriamorpha, similar to Dicynodontipus | ||||||||||
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= Dicynodontipus sp.
Rühle von Lilienstern 1944
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Melchor and de Valais 2006 | |||||||||
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cf. Dicynodontipus sp.
Rühle von Lilienstern 1944
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| PVL 2737, 2738 | ||||||||||
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= Dicynodontipus sp.
Rühle von Lilienstern 1944
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Melchor and de Valais 2006 | |||||||||
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Thecodontia indet.
Owen 1859
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| PVL 2740 | ||||||||||
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= Dicynodontipus sp.
Rühle von Lilienstern 1944
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Melchor and de Valais 2006 | |||||||||
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Theriodonta indet.
(Owen 1876)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| PVL 3520, 2741 | ||||||||||
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= Dicynodontipus sp.
Rühle von Lilienstern 1944
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Melchor and de Valais 2006 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Chirotherium barthii
Kaup 1835
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Melchor and de Valais 2006 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| MCNAM PV-2951; GHUNLPam 12491 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Mendoza | County: | Las Heras |
| Coordinates: | 32.5° South, 68.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.6° South, 40.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Triassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Uspallata | Formation: | Cerro de Las Cabras | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: orig. listed as "Sierra de las Higueras" Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | wave ripples,fine,red argillaceous sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | wave ripples,red argillaceous siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "Fine sandstones, clayish sandstone and micaceous silts of reddish and purplish color with parallel and interference ripple marks." | |
| Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. |
| Geology comments: large bodies of fresh or brackish water, shorelines; semi-arid, oxidative | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. F. Bonaparte | Collection dates: | 1963-1964 |
| Taxonomic list comments:site also preserves "worm burrows" and "continental plants" | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 85558 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-08 14:53:03 | Last modified: | 2019-10-30 12:22:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-01-08 14:53:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14677. | ETE | G. Leonardi. 1994. Annotated Atlas of South America Tetrapod Footprints (Devonian to Holocene) with an Appendix on Mexico and Central America. . República Federativa do Brasil, Ministério de Minas e Energia, Secretaria de Minas e Metalurgia, Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais, Brasília 1-248 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/E. Dunne] |
Secondary references:
| 17074 | ETE | R. N. Melchor and S. de Valais. 2006. A review of Triassic tetrapod track assemblages from Argentina. Palaeontology 49(2):355-379 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/B. Allen] |