Also known as Eoraptor type, Valle de la Luna
Where: San Juan, Argentina (31.1° S, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° S, 34.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Scaphonyx-Exaeretodon-Herrerasaurus other zone, Cancha de Bochas Member (Ischigualasto Formation), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• lower third of formation. Collected from the "Scaphonyx-Exaeretodon-Herrerasaurus
•biozone" of Martinez et al. (2011: Science 331: 206) which reportedly represents "a narrow temporal interval from 231.5 to 229 Ma in the latter half of the Carnian stage".
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, red siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. N. Martínez in 1991
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Eoraptor found in "close association" with other taxa listed, but specifics are not given.
•PVSJ: Instituto y Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan 5400, Argentina
Primary reference: P. C. Sereno, C. A. Forster, R. R. Rogers and A. M. Monetta. 1993. Primitive dinosaur skeleton from Argentina and the early evolution of Dinosauria. Nature 361:64-66 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24877: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.08.2002, edited by Bethany Allen and Graeme Lloyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis Reig 1963 herrerasaurid | |
Eoraptor lunensis n. gen. n. sp.
Eoraptor lunensis n. gen. n. sp. Sereno et al. 1993 sauropodomorph PVSJ 512, articulated skeleton; PVSJ 559
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Saurosuchus galilei Reig 1959 archosaur | |
Aetosauroides sp. Casamiquela 1960 aetosaur | |
Osteichthyes | |
Ischigualastia sp. Cox 1962 dicynodont | |
Cynodontia indet. cynodont | |
Diegocanis elegans n. gen. n. sp.2
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Exaeretodon sp. Cabrera 1943 cynodont
"Exaeretodon frenguellii" = Exaeretodon argentinus1 Bonaparte 1962 cynodont MLP 61-VIII-2-23, MLP 61-VIII-2-44 and PVL 2079, skulls; PVL 1897 and PVL 2468, mandibles; PVL 2458, partial maxillary
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