Where: Mendoza, Argentina (32.8° S, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° S, 31.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Potrerillos Formation (Uspallata Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• Potrerillos Formation, Cuyana Basin, lower Upper Triassic (Morel et al. 2002b).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
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 117936: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Phillip Elliott on 29.09.2011, edited by Christina Feng and Serjoscha Evers
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Anatoia semiovata n. sp. Rusconi 1946 MCNAM-PV 276 (Holotype); MCNAM-PV 239 (Paratype; lost); MCNAM-PV 155, 201, 214, 223
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