Patagonykus type, Sierra del Portezuelo [MCF]: Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian, Argentina
collected 1989-1991
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Archosauria
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Archosauria indet.
Cope 1869
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Novas 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MCF-PVPH 39 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Ornithischia
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Ornithischia indet.
Seeley 1888
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Novas 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MCF-PVPH 41 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Alvarezsauridae
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Alvarezsauridae indet.
Bonaparte 1991
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Novas 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MCF-PVPH 38 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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1 individual | |||||||||
MCF-PVPH 37 (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Patagonykus puertai n. gen., n. sp.
Novas 1994
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Novas 1996 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Novas 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MCF-PVPH 40 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Neuquén |
Coordinates: | 38.9° South, 69.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.8° South, 48.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian | ||
Age range of interval: | 93.50000 - 85.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Neuquén | Formation: | Portezuelo |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Associated major elements: | many |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | MACN | Collection dates: | 1989-1991 |
Collection method comments: association of Patagonykus materials as a single individual has been questioned |
Metadata
Database number: | 48461 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-20 10:44:11 | Last modified: | 2021-04-14 15:03:17 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-20 10:44:11 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
14266. | ETE | F. E. Novas and R. A. Coria. 1990. Unusual Cretaceous theropods from Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3, suppl.):37A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
12947 | ETE | L. M. Chiappe. 1996. Early avian evolution on the southern hemisphere: the fossil record of birds in the Mesozoic of Gondwana. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(3):533-554 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
12811 | F. E. Novas. 1996. Alvarezsauridae, Cretaceous basal birds from Patagonia and Mongolia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(3):675-702 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
14284 | ETE | F. E. Novas. 1997. Anatomy of Patagonykus puertai (Theropoda, Avialae, Alvarezsauridae), from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(1):137-166 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
14755 | ETE | F. E. Novas, G. Cladera, and P. Puerta. 1996. New theropods from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3, suppl.):56A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |