Corral Negro: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Saurischia
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? Saurischia indet.
Seeley 1888
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Reptilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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= Dolichochampsa minima
Gasparini and Buffetaut 1980
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Gasparini and Buffetaut 1980 | |||||||||
| MLP 73-III-1-1 (caudal vertebra); MLP 73-III-1-2 (caudal vertebra); MLP 73-III-1-3 (right dentary); MLP 73-III-1-4 (coracoid ?); MLP 73-III-1-10 (right pubis); CNS-V 1001 (posterior cervical vertebra); CNS-V 1071 (parietal) | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Coelodus toncoensis
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Gasparini and Buffetaut 1980 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritellidae indet.
Lovén 1847
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Gasparini and Buffetaut 1980 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Salta | County: | Los Andes |
| Coordinates: | 24.3° South, 66.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.9° South, 52.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ooidal "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Oolitic limestone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MLP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Acay Oeste | ||
| Database number: | 114767 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano | Enterer: | P. Mannion, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-08-24 02:51:36 | Last modified: | 2021-04-15 10:03:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-24 02:51:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55175. | J. F. Bonaparte, J. A. Salfity, G. Bossi and J. E. Powell. 1977. Hallazgo de dinosaurios y aves cretacicas en la Formación Lecho de El Brete (Salta), proximo al limite con Tucumán [Discovery of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds in the Lecho Formation of El Brete (Salta), near the border with Tucumán]. Acta Geològica Lilloana 14:5-17 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 37194 | Z. B. d. Gasparini and E. Buffetaut. 1980. Dolichochampsa minima, n. g. n. sp., a representative of a new family of eusuchian crocodiles from the Late Cretaceous of northern Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1980(5):257-271 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] |