Km. 227, N. R. 26, Tacuarembó: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Uruguay

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Priohybodus arambourgi d'Erasmo 1960
Isolated teeth
unclassified
Halecostomi indet. Regan 1903
Scales and bone fragments
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Shed theropod teeth
Mesoeucrocodylia indet. Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
Several conical teeth
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Two costal plate fragments
Dipnomorpha - Neoceratodontidae
Asiatoceratodus cf. tiguidiensis
Tooth plates
Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
"Ceratodus" tiguidensis
Soto and Perea 2010 3 specimens
FC-DPV 1162, almost complete tooth plate; FC-DPV 559, 560, plate fragments,
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Viviparidae indet. Gray 1847
Recrystallised moulds
Bivalvia - Unionida - Hyriidae
Diplodon sp. Spix 1827
Several bivalve moulds
see common names

Geography
Country:Uruguay State/province:Tacuarembó
Coordinates: 31.7° South, 56.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.1° South, 20.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian - Tithonian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tacuarembó Member:Batoví
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "base of Batoví Member"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: "We will not further elaborate on geological aspects given that they have been recently reviewed in detail (Perea et al., 2009)"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Colección de vertebrados Fósiles, Facultad de Ciencias collection
Metadata
Also known as:Batoví Hill
Database number:102298
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Oreska, J. Tennant
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-01-13 04:03:33 Last modified:2022-02-17 15:46:44
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-13 04:03:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46670. D. Perea, M. Soto, G. Verolavsky, S. Martinez, and M. Ubilla. 2009. A Late Jurassic fossil assemblage in Gondwana: biostratigraphy and correlations of the Tacuarembo Formation, Parana Basin, Uruguay. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 28:168-179 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]

Secondary references:

34749ETE M. Soto and D. Perea. 2010. Late Jurassic lungfishes (Dipnoi) from Uruguay, with comments on the systematics of Gondwanan ceradontiforms. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(4):1049-1058 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska]