Sítio Cortado, RST 287 Highway: Ladinian, Brazil
collected by Fr. A. Cargnin, Fr. D. Cargnin 1981, 1989, 2000-2001

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Procolophonoidea indet. (Romer 1956)
da Rosa et al. 2004
UFSM 11076a-f, postcranial elements
Reptilia - Owenettidae
Candelaria barbouri Price 1947
Cisneros et al. 2004 2 individuals
UFSM 11076, 11131
Reptilia
Barberenasuchus brasiliensis n. gen., n. sp. Mattar 1987
1 individual
MCPUCRGS-220
Anomodontia - Dicynodontidae
Dicynodontidae indet. Owen 1859
da Rosa et al. 2004 6 specimens
UFSM 11143, 11126, tusks, UFSM 11099, manus, UFSM 11075-1, 11075-2, humeri, UFSM 11075-3, phalanx
Anomodontia - Stahleckeriidae
Dinodontosaurus sp. Romer 1943
da Rosa et al. 2004 2 specimens
UFSM 11078, skull and mandible, UFSM 11096, mandible
    = Dinodontosaurus pedroanum Tupi-Caldas 1936
Langer et al. 2007
unclassified
Cynodontia indet. (Owen 1861)
da Rosa et al. 2004 3 specimens
UFSM 11096, 11162, 11079, skulls and postcranial remains
Traversodontidae
Protuberum cabralensis n. gen., n. sp. Reichel et al. 2009
Reichel et al. 2009 1 individual
MGB 368 8260; 100, skull and partial postcranium
Enoplea - Rhabditida - Ascarididae
Ascarites rufferi n. sp. Da Silva et al. 2014
Da Silva et al. 2014 1 specimen
Oxyurida - Heteroxynematidae
Paleoxyuris cockburni n. gen., n. sp. Hugot et al. 2014
Hugot et al. 2014 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Rio Grande do Sul County:Novo Cabrais
Coordinates: 29.7° South, 53.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.8° South, 17.6° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Ladinian Other zone: Dinodontosaurus
Age range of interval:242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Rosário do Sul Formation:Santa Maria Member:Alemoa
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "The sediments pertain to the same horizon as those from which the holotype [of Candelaria barbouri] was recovered." (Cisneros et al., 2004); see PBDB coll. no 92807
Santa Maria Sequence 1 of the Santa Maria Supersequence (Rosario do Sul Group), corresponding to the "Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone" of the lower Santa Maria Formation (Langer et al. 2007: fig. 2, locality 32).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:nodular,red mudstone
Secondary lithology:fine sandstone
Lithology description: "red pelites with nodular horizons" (da Rosa et al. 2004)
Environment:"floodplain" Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,recrystallized,permineralized
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Fr. A. Cargnin, Fr. D. Cargnin Collection dates:1981, 1989, 2000-2001
Collection method comments: UFSM = Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
Father Abrahão Cargnin, Museu de Ciências da Pontifica Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul; Father D. Cargnin, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
Metadata
Database number:92809
Authorizer:J. Mueller, R. Butler, M. Clapham Enterer:T. Liebrecht, R. Butler, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-11-30 11:22:35 Last modified:2021-03-26 13:28:33
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-11-30 11:22:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36990. L. C. B. Mattar. 1987. Sobre Barberenasuchus brasiliensis gen. et sp. nov., do Mesotriássico do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. I. Diagnoses genérica e específica [On Barberenasuchus brasiliensis gen. et sp. nov., from the Middle Triassic of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. I. Generic and specific diagnoses. Anais do X Congresso Brasileiro de Paleontologia, Rio de Janeiro, 19-25 de Julho, 1987 1:77-84 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

31325 J. C. Cisneros, R. Damiani, C. Schultz Da Rosa, C. Schwanke, L. W. Neto and P. L. P. Aurélio. 2004. A procolophonoid reptile with temporal fenestration from the Middle Triassic of Brazil. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 271:1541-1546 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]
34129 A. A. S. da Rosa, C. Schwanke, J. C. Cisneros, L. W. Neto, P. L. P. Aurelio and M. Poitevin. 2004. “Sítio Cortado” - uma nova assembléia fossilífera para o Triássico Médio do sul do Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 7:289-300 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
55014 P. A. Da Silva, V. H. Borba, J. M. F. Dutra, D. Leles, A. A. S. Da-Rosa, L. F. Ferreira, and A. Araujo. 2014. A new ascarid species in cynodont coprolite dated of 240 million years. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 86:265-269 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
55015 J. P. Hugot, S. L. Gardner, V. Borba, P. Araujo, D. Leles, A. A. S. Da-Rosa, J. Dutra, L. F. Ferreira, and A. Araújo. 2014. Discovery of a 240 million year old nematode parasite egg in a cynodont coprolite sheds light on the early origin of pinworms in vertebrates. Parasites and Vectors 7(486):1-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
34120 M. C. Langer, A. M. Ribeiro, C. L. Schultz and J. Ferigolo. 2007. The continental tetrapod-bearing Triassic of south Brazil. In S. G. Lucas, J. A. Spielmann (eds.), The Global Triassic, New Mexico Museum of History and Science Bulletin 41:201-218 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
34131 M. Reichel, C. L. Schultz, and M. B. Soares. 2009. A new traversodontid cynodont (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Middle Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Palaeontology 52:229-250 [R. Butler/R. Butler]