north Cancha de Bochas (Triassic of Argentina)

Where: San Juan, Argentina (30.1° S, 67.9° W: paleocoordinates 46.7° S, 33.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Scaphonyx-Exaeretodon-Herrerasaurus other zone, Cancha de Bochas Member (Ischigualasto Formation), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• Lower part of formation; 90 m above base

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Collected by W. Stevens

• PVSJ: Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan

Primary reference: R. N. Martinez and C. A. Forster. 1996. The skull of Probelesodon sanjuanensis, sp. nov., from the Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(2):285-291 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105299: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 19.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Therapsida - Chiniquodontidae
"Probelesodon sanjuanensis n. sp." = Chiniquodon sanjuanensis
"Probelesodon sanjuanensis n. sp." = Chiniquodon sanjuanensis Martinez and Forster 1996 cynodont
PVSJ 411, complete skull and partial postcranium