Martinote: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, Uruguay

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Perea et al. 2003 1 specimen
FC-DPV 1001
Reptilia - Ceratosauridae
Ceratosauridae indet. Marsh 1884
Soto and Perea 2008 1 specimen
FC-DPV 1950
Reptilia
Ceratosaurus sp. Marsh 1884
Soto et al. 2020 2 specimens
two teeth; FC-DPV 1950, FC-DPV 3033
Coelurosauria indet. (Huene 1914)
Perea et al. 2003 5 specimens
FC-DPV 1000, 1047, 1048, 1140, 1223 (some with "affintiies to Dromaeosauridae")
Reptilia - Megalosauridae
Torvosaurus sp. Galton and Jensen 1979
Soto et al. 2020 1 specimen
FC-DPV 1951, isolated tooth
Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae
Soto et al. 2012 1 specimen
FC-DPV 2603, pterygoid
Dipnomorpha - Arganodontidae
"Ceratodus" tiguidiensis Tabaste 1963
Soto and Perea 2010 1 specimen
recombined as Arganodus tiguidiensis
FC-DPV 1720, right lower tooth plate
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes
Semionotiformes indet. Arambourg and Bertin 1958
Perea et al. 2003
scales, teeth
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Priohybodus cf. arambourgi d'Erasmo 1960
62 specimens
FC-PDV 903-909, 1002-1016, 1049
    = Priohybodus arambourgi d'Erasmo 1960
Soto et al. 2012
see common names

Geography
Country:Uruguay State/province:Tacuarembó
Coordinates: 31.9° South, 55.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.2° South, 19.9° 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 lower member, from a 3-6 cm thick layer; "base of Batoví Member (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian)" (Soto and Perea 2010)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,medium,green,red,yellow sandy mudstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: "The fossiliferous lower member comprises predominantly fine- to medium-grained, well-sorted, yellowish to reddish to greenish mudstones and siltstones of lacustrine origin." Bonebed is in "a well-sorted sandy matrix".
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:many
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:83729
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, O. Rauhut Enterer:M. Carrano, O. Rauhut, M. Oreska, J. Tennant
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-08-28 07:30:53 Last modified:2022-02-18 14:40:35
Access level:the public Released:2008-08-28 07:30:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28075.ETE D. Perea, M. Ubilla, A. Rojas and C. A. Goso. 2001. The West Gondwanan occurrence of the hybodontid shark Priohybodus, and the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous age of the Tacuarembó Formation, Uruguay. Palaeontology 44(6):1227-1235 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Tennant]

Secondary references:

79278 D. Perea and S. Martinez. 2004. La Formación Tacuarembó. Su fauna y su edad Jurásico tardío—Cretácico temprano [The Tacuarembó Formation. Its fauna and Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous age]. In G. Veroslavsky, M. Ubilla, & S. Martínez (eds.), Cuencas Sedimentarias de Uruguay. Geología, Paleontología y Recursos Naturales. Mesozoico 103-115 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28074ETE D. Perea, M. Ubilla, and A. Rojas. 2003. First report of theropods from the Tacuarembó Formation (Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous), Uruguay. Alcheringa 27:79-83 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
79969 M. Soto, M. S. S. de Carvalho, J. G. Maisey, D. Perea, and J. Da Silva. 2012. Coelacanth remains from the Late Jurassic–?earliest Cretaceous of Uruguay: the southernmost occurrence of the Mawsoniidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):530-537 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28070ETE M. Soto and D. Perea. 2008. A ceratosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous of Uruguay. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):439-444 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
44833 M. Soto, D. Perea, and P. Torino. 2012. New remains of Priohybodus aramourgi (Hybodontiformes: Hybodontidae) from Late Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous deposits in Uruguay. Cretaceous Research 35:118-123 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
73599 M. Soto, P. Toriño, and D. Perea. 2020. A large sized megalosaurid (Theropoda, Tetanurae) from the late Jurassic of Uruguay and Tanzania. Journal of South American Earth Science 98:102458:1-22 [O. Rauhut/O. Rauhut/M. Carrano]
73612 M. Soto, P. Toriño, and D. Perea. 2020. Ceratosaurus (Theropoda, Ceratosauria) teeth from the Tacuarembó Formation (Late Jurassic, Uruguay). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 103:102781:1-16 [O. Rauhut/O. Rauhut/M. Carrano]