Estancia Mallín Grande, Cerro Crettón: Cenomanian, Argentina
collected by Ferello & Flores 1949
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Abelisauridae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| MACN 18.189 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut | County: | Sarmiento |
| Coordinates: | 44.9° South, 69.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.8° South, 34.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Ferello & Flores | Collection dates: | 1949 |
| Collection method comments: discovered during expedition from Yacimientos Petroliíeros Fiscales (YPF); tooth "was found together with large bones, which were for obvious reasons not collected." | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 90788 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-08-17 13:27:31 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-08-17 13:27:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14796. | ETE | G. del Corro. 1974. Un nuevo megalosaurio (Carnosaurio) del Crétacico de Chubut (Argentina) [A new megalosaur (Carnosauria) from the Cretaceous of Chubut (Argentina)]. Communicaciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Institutio Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales: Paleontología 1(5):37-44 [M. Carrano/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] |