Salitral Moreno (NH3): Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian, Argentina
collected 1995
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Faveoloolithidae
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? Faveoloolithidae indet.
Zhao and Ding 1976
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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: | paleosol/pedogenic sandy lime mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: sandy micritic limestone with rhizoliths | |
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: | 219351 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2021-04-07 10:17:05 | Last modified: | 2021-04-07 10:17:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-04-07 10:17:05 |
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] |