Arroyo Picún Leufú: Tithonian, Argentina
collected by R. Herbst 1969

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Berriasiella sp.
Codorniú and Gasparini 2013
Reptilia
Herbstosaurus pigmaeus n. gen., n. sp. Casamiquela 1975
1 specimen
CTES-PZ 1711 (1709 in Codorniú and Gasparini 2013)
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Neuquén
Coordinates: 39.2° South, 70.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.3° South, 32.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Tithonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 6
Key time interval:Tithonian
Age range of interval:152.10000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vaca Muerta
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Originally, the holotype was cited as from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) levels of the Lotena Formation (Casamiquela 1975)...However, in the same nodule with the pterosaur was found the ammonite Berriasiella sp., which undoubtedly belongs to the upper levels of the Tithonian, in the Vaca Muerta Formation, which is also exposed in this area."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "sandy arkose" quite close to where block was found
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: "Nearshore marine"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:R. Herbst Collection dates:1969
Metadata
Also known as:Herbstosaurus type
Database number:86513
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-02-05 13:09:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2009-02-05 13:09:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29144.ETE R. M. Casamiquela. 1975. Herbstosaurus pigmaeus (Coeluria, Compsognathidae) n. gen. n. sp. del Jurásic medio del Neuquén (Patagonia septentrional). Uno de los más pequeños dinosaurios conocidos [Herbstosaurus pigmaeus (Coeluria, Compsognathidae) n. gen. n. sp. from the Middle Jurassic of Neuquén (northern Patagonia). One of the smallest known dinosaurs]. Actas del Primer Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia, Tucumán 2:87-103 [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]
55099 J. F. Bonaparte. 1981. Inventario de los vertebrados Jurásicos de América del Sur [Inventory of the Jurassic vertebrates of South America]. In W. Volkheimer & E. A. Musaccio (ed.), Cuencas Sedimentarias del Jurásico y Cretácico de América del Sur 2:661-684 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30953 L. Codorniú and Z. Gasparini. 2007. Pterosauria. In Z. Gasparini, L. Salgado, R. A. Coria (eds.), Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN 143-166 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
48381 L. Codorniú and Z. Gasparini. 2013. The Late Jurassic pterosaurs from northern Patagonia, Argentina. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:399-408 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/R. Butler]