Huanimán [La Paloma Mb.]: Late/Upper Aptian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Sphenodontidae
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Priosphenodon minimus
Apesteguia and Carballido 2014
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recombined as Kaikaifilusaurus minimus | ||||||||||
MPEF-PV 3092, composed of around 20 partial bones from Huanim´an Hill. They include partial jaws, maxillae, and palatines | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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cf. Prochelidella sp.
Lapparent de Broin and de la Fuente 2001
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Sterli et al. 2021 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
Coordinates: | 43.1° South, 68.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.9° South, 35.8° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Aptian | ||
Age range of interval: | 122.46000 - 112.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Chubut | Formation: | Cerro Barcino | Member: | Puesto La Paloma |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Ages are found Krause et al. 2020 and Carballido et al. 2017. The contact zones between Puesto La Paloma and Cerros Castaño is approximately Aptian-Early Albian at ~118.5-110.8 Ma. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | dune |
Geology comments: The La Paloma Member is thought to have been deposited in an arid environment dominated by pyroclastic deposits with intercalated dune sediments |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 154712 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Tennant, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2014-03-04 12:13:28 | Last modified: | 2022-03-04 07:39:56 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-03-04 12:13:28 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
50309. | S. Apesteguia and J. L. Carballido. 2014. A new eilenodontine (Lepidosauria, Sphenodontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of central Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2):303-317 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |
Secondary references:
79276 | J. M. Krause, J. Ramezani, A. M. Umazano, D. Pol, J. L. Carballido, J. P. Sterli Puerta, N. R. Cúneo and E. S. Bellosi. 2020. High-resolution chronostratigraphy of the Cerro Barcino Formation (Patagonia): Paleobiologic implications for the mid-cretaceous dinosaur- rich fauna of South America. Gondwana Research 80:33-49 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham] | |
71994 | J. Sterli, E. Vlachos, P. Puerta, C. Oriozabala, and M. Krause. 2021. Contribution to the diversity of the fossil record of turtles (Testudinidata) from Chubut province (Argentina) and its significance in understanding the evolution of turtles in southern South America. Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 21(1):118-160 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] |