Balde de Leyes (Norian, Quebrada del Barro) (Triassic of Argentina)

Where: San Juan, Argentina (31.6° S, 67.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.6° S, 30.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Quebrada del Barro Formation (Marayes Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• A recent stratigraphic revision (Martinez et al., 2013 (ref. 58021)- supplementary information) proposes that the upper horizon of the Quebrada del Barro containing Leyasaurus marayensis should be classified as a separate stratigraphic unit from the other (lower) horizons of the Quebrada del Barro. The other horizons are assigned to Norian age based on Sphenotitan leyasi occurring in the same horizons as several other Triassic-affinity species. These other species are known from the Norian Los Colorados Fm., which was recently dated using magnetostratigraphy.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; red sandstone and siltstone

• "The Quebrada del Barro Formation is characterized by a bright reddish succession of coarse sandstone and conglomerate interlaid with fine clay-rich mudstone characterized by isolated granules and calcisol development."

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: R. N. Martinez, C. Apaldetti, C. E. Colombi, A. Praderio, E. Fernandez, P. S. Malnis, G. A. Correa, D. Abelin, and O. Alcober. 2013. A new sphenodontian (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the Late Triassic of Argentina and the early origin of the herbivore opisthodontians. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280(1772):20132057-1-20132057-7 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176414: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 11.02.2016, edited by Graeme Lloyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Lessemsauridae
Ingentia prima n. gen. n. sp.
Ingentia prima n. gen. n. sp. Apaldetti et al. 2018 sauropod
PVSJ 1086
 Eosuchia - Sphenodontidae
Sphenotitan leyesi n. gen. n. sp.
Sphenotitan leyesi n. gen. n. sp. Martinez et al. 2013 lepidosaur
PVSJ 886 (holotype), posterior portion of skull; PVSJ 887, left dentary; PVSJ 888, both incomplete maxillae, anterior part of both lower jaws, both premaxillae; PVSJ 889, left maxilla; PVSJ 890, right quadrate; PVSJ 891, incomplete lower jaws; PVSJ 892, right palatine, pterygoid and ectopterygoid; PVSJ 893, right premaxilla and postorbital, left incomplete palatine and pterygoid; PVSJ 895, articulated sequence of three distal dorsal vertebrae, sacral vertebrae 1 and 2, and first caudal vertebra