Las Chacritas, Cerro Cóndor (Jurassic to of Argentina)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.4° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 41.0° S, 28.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cañadón Asfalto Formation (Sierra de Olte Group), Late/Upper Toarcian to Late/Upper Toarcian (180.1 - 168.4 Ma)

• "Lower section" of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lenticular claystone

• "breccia within a series of lacustrine clays [also described as marls], tuffs, and limestones"; "breccia forms a lenticular body with poorly sorted and poorly to moderately rounded clasts up to 15 cm in diameter. Clast size rapidly decreases within 10 m of the eastern border of the lens. In its central part, the lens has a thickness up to 60 cm."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H. Currumil

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: O. W. M. Rauhut. 2005. Osteology and relationships of a new theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Patagonia. Palaeontology 48(1):87-110 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46550: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.01.2005, edited by Richard Butler

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
"much larger" than Condorraptor
 Theropoda - Piatnitzkysauridae
Condorraptor currumili n. gen. n. sp.
Condorraptor currumili n. gen. n. sp. Rauhut 2005 tetanuran theropod
MPEF-PV 1672
 Saurischia -
Patagosaurus sp. Bonaparte 1979 sauropod
identification described as "probable"
 Pterosauria -
Pterosauria indet. pterosaur
Uncatalogued specimens, several mandibles, braincase, shoulder girdle, two humeri, several wing-finger phalanges