Neuquensaurus site, Cinco Saltos: Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian, Argentina
collected 1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Saltasauridae
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cf. Neuquensaurus sp.
Powell 1992
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Otero 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MCS-7 | ||||||||||
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Neuquensaurus australis
(Lydekker 1893)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| MCS-5, 8, 10 | ||||||||||
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Neuquensaurus robustus
(Huene 1927)
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Otero 2010 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Neuquensaurus | ||||||||||
| MCS-6, 9 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Río Negro |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° South, 68.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° South, 52.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 274 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | yellow sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "12 m-thick channel-floodplain deposit of red siltstones and red and green mudstones alternating with light yellow sandstone displayed in thin beds." | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1998 |
| Collection method comments: MCS 5 is one individual, MCS 6 and 9 are from second individual. Other associated specimens (7,8,10) are unclear on number of individuals. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 55740 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-11-03 12:19:08 | Last modified: | 2023-08-11 14:43:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-03 12:19:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 85645. | L. Salgado and J. O. Calvo. 1999. Nuevos restos de Saltasaurinae (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) en el Cretácico Superior de Río Negro [New remains of Saltasaurinae (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) in the Upper Cretaceous of Río Negro]. XIV Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Neuquén y Plaza Huincul, 18 al 20 de mayo de 1998, Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 36(1):108 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 78835 | M. D. D'Emic and J. A. Wilson. 2011. New remains attributable to the holotype of the sauropod dinosaur Neuquensaurus australis, with implications for saltasaurine systematics. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(1):61-73 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 42572 | A. Otero. 2010. The appendicular skeleton of Neuquensaurus, a Late Cretaceous saltasaurine sauropod from Patagonia, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55(3):399-426 [J. Alroy/A. Garcia Selles/M. Carrano] | |
| 15053 | ETE | L. Salgado, S. Apesteguía, and S. Heredia. 2005. A new specimen of Neuquensaurus australis, a Late Cretaceous saltasaurine titanosaur from North Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):623-634 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano] |
| 79490 | V. Zurriaguz and J. E. Powell. 2015. New contributions to the presacral osteology of Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Argentina. Cretaceous Research 54:283-300 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |