Salitral Moreno (NH2): Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian, Argentina
collected 1995
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Faveoloolithidae
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? Faveoloolithidae indet.
Zhao and Ding 1976
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72 specimens | |||||||||
| MUCPv–295/2/8/12/18 | ||||||||||
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= Faveoloolithidae indet.
Zhao and Ding 1976
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Grellet-Tinner et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Río Negro |
| Coordinates: | 39.3° South, 67.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.1° South, 53.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 221 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian - Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 - Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 66 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | cherty/siliceous conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "bioclastic conglomerate" | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
| Fragmentation: | extreme |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | Mar 1995 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 219350 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-04-07 10:15:20 | Last modified: | 2021-04-07 10:19:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-04-07 10:15:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 76257. | M. E. Simón. 2006. Cáscaras de huevos de dinosaurios de la Formación Allen (Campaniano-Maastrichtiano), en Salitral Moreno, provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [Dinosaur eggshells from the Allen Formation (Campanian–Maastrichtian), in Salitral Moreno, Río Negro province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 43(3):513-528 [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] |