Estancia El Tranquilo: Norian, Argentina
collected by Casamiquela, Scaglia, Zetti, Herbst, Archangeksly, Bonaparte, & García 1960, 1963–1964
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plateosauridae
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Plateosaurus sp.
Meyer 1837
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| MLP 61-III-20-22, 61-III-20-23, 68-II-27-1, 68-II-28-1 | ||||||||||
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= cf. Plateosaurus sp.
Meyer 1837
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Bonaparte 1978 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Santa Cruz | County: | Magallanes |
| Coordinates: | 48.1° South, 68.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.7° South, 24.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Norian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Norian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | El Tranquilo | Formation: | Laguna Colorada | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper 250 m section of formation (900 m total section) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,brown siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: fossils in "chocolate-colored lutites, with concretions" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MLP | ||
| Collectors: | Casamiquela, Scaglia, Zetti, Herbst, Archangeksly, Bonaparte, & García | Collection dates: | 1960, 1963–1964 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 145209 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-29 08:01:16 | Last modified: | 2018-03-23 14:10:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-29 08:01:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48739. | R. M. Casamiquela. 1964. Sobre el hallazgo de dinosaurios triásicos en la Prov. de Santa Cruz [On the discovery of Triassic dinosaurs in Santa Cruz Prov.]. Argentina Austral 35:10-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 48564 | J. F. Bonaparte. 1973. Edades reptil para el Triásico de Argentina y Brasil [Reptila ages for the Triassic of Argentina and Brazil]. Quinto Congreso Geológico Argentino, Ciudad de Villa Carlos Paz. Actas 3:93-129 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] | |
| 63573 | J. F. Bonaparte. 1984. I dinosauri dell’Argentina [. In G. M. Ronzoni, M. L. Greggio, & T. B. Guarinoni (eds.), Sulle Orme dei Dinosauri 125-143 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 65079 | R. M. Casamiquela. 1977. The presence of the genus Plateosaurus (Sauropodomorpha) in the Upper Triassic of the El Tranquilo Formation, Patagonia. IV International Gondwana Symposium, January 17-22, 1977 Abstracts:30-31 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 46961 | R. M. Casamiquela. 1980. La presencia del genero Plateosaurus (Prosauropoda) en el Triásico Superior de la Formación El Tranquilo, Paragonia [Presence of the genus Plateosaurus (Prosauropoda) in the Upper Triassic of the El Tranquilo Formation, Patagonia]. Actas del Segundo Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Bioestratigrafía y Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología, 2–6 April 1978 1:143-147 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |