Where: Mendoza, Argentina (32.8° S, 69.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.5° S, 34.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Potrerillos Formation (Uspallata Group), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• Potrerillos Formation, Cuyana Basin, lower Upper
•Triassic (Morel et al. 2002b).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: A. López-Arbarello, O. W. R. Rauhut, and E. Cerdeño. 2010. The Triassic fish faunas of the Cuyana Basin, Western Argentina. Palaeontology 53:249-276 [M. Clapham/P. Elliott]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117888: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Phillip Elliott on 28.09.2011, edited by Christina Feng
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Neochallaia leonensis Rusconi 1952 MCNAM-PV 2147 (holotype); MCNAM-PV 2160 )Paratype, lost); MCNAM-PV 2147
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