Salitral Moreno (NH1): Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Argentina
collected by J. Powell 1983–1989, 1995
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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"trunks and fruits" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Reptilia
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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= Chelonii indet.
Latreille 1800
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de Broin and de la Fuente 1993 | |||||||||
= Meiolaniformes indet.
Sterli and de la Fuente 2013
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Sterli et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Several specimens from Salitral de Santa Rosa are housed at the Lamarque Museum and could be assigned to meiolaniforms | ||||||||||
= Testudinata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Vlachos 2017 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Fusioolithidae
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Titanosauridae indet.
Lydekker 1885
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Powell 1992 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
eggs, eggshells; MUCPv–296/1 | ||||||||||
= Patagoolithus salitralensis n. gen., n. sp.
Simón 2006
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Simón 2006 | |||||||||
synonym of Fusioolithus baghensis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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aff. Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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Salgado and Coria 1996 | 15 specimens | ||||||||
MPCA-Pv 77, tooth; MPCA-Pv 68/69/70, three posterior dorsal vertebrae; MPCA-Pv 71, caudal ver- tebrae; MPCA-Pv 72/73, two caudal centra; MPCA-SM 1, right femur; MPCA-Pv 78, partial cervical half ring; MPCA-Pv 41-43, 74-76, osteoderms | ||||||||||
= Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000 | |||||||||
= Patagopelta cristata n. gen., n. sp.
Riguetti et al. 2022
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Riguetti et al. 2022 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Saurolophinae indet.
Brown 1914
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Prieto-Márquez 2010 | 1 individual | ||||||||
MPCA-PV SM 2 | ||||||||||
= Bonapartesaurus rionegrensis n. gen., n. sp.
Cruzado-Caballero and Powell 2017
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Cruzado-Caballero and Powell 2017 | |||||||||
? Lambeosaurinae indet.
Parks 1923
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3 individuals | |||||||||
MC uncatalogued partial skeleton | ||||||||||
= Lambeosaurinae indet.
Parks 1923
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Powell 2003 | |||||||||
= Willinakaqe salitralensis n. gen., n. sp.
Juárez Valieri et al. 2010
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Juárez Valieri et al. 2010 | |||||||||
nomen vanum belonging to Hadrosauridae | ||||||||||
MPCA-PV SM 3-15, 23-51 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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5 specimens | |||||||||
MPCA-PV 80, 81, 83, 84, 86, teeth | ||||||||||
= Tetanurae indet.
Gauthier 1986
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Coria and Salgado 2005 | |||||||||
= ? Tetanurae indet.
Gauthier 1986
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Carrano et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
tibia; PVL 4730 | ||||||||||
= Ornithurae indet.
Haeckel 1866
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Chiappe 1996 | |||||||||
= Charadriiformes informal indet. 2
Huxley 1867
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Hope 2002 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Limenavis patagonica n. gen., n. sp.
Clarke and Chiappe 2001
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Clarke and Chiappe 2001 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PVL 4731; collected "in the mid-1980s" | ||||||||||
Titanosauridae indet.
Lydekker 1885
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6 specimens | |||||||||
2 mid-caudal vertebrae, MPCA-Pv 866 and MPCA-Pv 867; right humerus, MPCA-Pv 33; right tibia, MPCA-Pv 33/1; right femur, MPCA-Pv 33/2. (4 different taxa) | ||||||||||
= Titanosaurus sp.
Lydekker 1877
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Salgado 2003 | |||||||||
= Titanosauria informal indet. 1
Bonaparte and Coria 1993
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Garcia and Salgado 2013 | |||||||||
2 mid-caudal vertebrae, MPCA-Pv 866 & MPCA-Pv 867; R humerus, MPCA-Pv 33; R tibia, MPCA-Pv 33/1; R femur, MPCA-Pv 33/2 | ||||||||||
Titanosauria informal indet. 2
Bonaparte and Coria 1993
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Garcia and Salgado 2013 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
3 caudal vertebrae, MPCA-Pv 88/B, MPCA-Pv 88/C, & MPCA-Pv 88/D; R humerus, MPCA-Pv 88/A | ||||||||||
Titanosauria informal indet. 3
Bonaparte and Coria 1993
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Garcia and Salgado 2013 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
3 distal caudal vertebrae, MPCA-Pv 52, MPCA-Pv 53, MPCA-Pv 55 | ||||||||||
Titanosauria informal indet. 4
Bonaparte and Coria 1993
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Garcia and Salgado 2013 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
6 caudal vertebrae, MPCA-Pv 861 to 866 | ||||||||||
Aeolosaurus sp.
Powell 1987
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Salgado and Coria 1993 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MPCA-Pv 27174, 3 anterior caudal vertebrae; MPCA-Pv 27175, L ulna; MPCA-Pv 27180, L ulna; L humerus (MPCA−Pv 27176), L femur (MPCA−Pv 27177), metatarsal I (MPCA−Pv 27178), & haemal arch (MPCA-Pv 27179); partial sacrum, MPCA-Pv 27174 (at least 3 individuals) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Saltasauridae
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cf. Rocasaurus sp.
Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000
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Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Saltasaurus informal n. sp.
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Salgado and Calvo 1999 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
1 cervical centrum, MPCA-Pv 46/1; 1 cervical neural arch, MPCA-Pv 46/2; 2 dorsal centra, MPCA-Pv 46/7 & MPCA-Pv 46/8; & 4 neural arches, MPCA-Pv 46/3, MPCA-Pv 46/4, MPCA-Pv 46/5, & MPCA-Pv 46/6; 1 mid-caudal vertebra, MPCA-Pv 46/9; 1 posterior caudal vertebra, MPCA-Pv 46/10; both ischia, MPCA-Pv 46/11 (L) and MPCA-Pv 46/14 (R); L pubis, MPCA−Pv 46/15; left ilium, MPCA-Pv 46/12 & fragment of R, MPCA-Pv 46/13; L femur, MPCA-Pv 46/16 (holotype) | ||||||||||
= Rocasaurus muniozi n. gen., n. sp.
Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000
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Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Río Negro |
Coordinates: | 39.3° South, 67.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.1° South, 53.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Altitude: | 221 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous - Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian - Senonian |
*International age/stage: | Campanian - Maastrichtian | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.50000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | medium,coarse,gray,green,yellow sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | conglomeratic sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "Medium to coarse yellowish and greenish-grey fluvial sandstones, poorly sorted. One of the sites is a conglomeratic sandstone in which the conglomerate clasts are fossil bones." | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Abundance in sediment: | common |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | J. Powell | Collection dates: | 1983–1989, 1995 |
Collection method comments: many of the "indet." taxa are identified in Powell 1986, a thesis. |
Metadata
Database number: | 32370 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion, R. Benson, E. Vlachos, J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos, R. Benson, P. Mannion, J. Alroy |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2003-06-26 15:18:16 | Last modified: | 2023-10-12 13:42:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-06-26 15:18:16 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
29110. | ETE | J. E. Powell. 1987. Hallazgo de un dinosaurio hadrosaurido (Ornithischia, Ornithopoda) en la Formación Allen (Cretácico Superior) de Salitral Moreno, Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [Discovery of a hadrosaurid dinosaur (Ornithischia, Ornithopoda) in the Allen Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Salitral Moreno, Río Negro Province, Argentina]. Decimo Congreso Geológico Argentino, San Miguel de Tucumán. Asociación Geológica Argentina y Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Actas 3:149-152 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
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37378 | C. R. A. Candeiro. 2010. Record of the genus Aeolosaurus (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) in the Late Cretaceous of South America: paleogeographic implications. Estudios Geológicos 66(2):243-253 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
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76257 | M. E. Simón. 2006. Cáscaras de huevos de dinosaurios de la Formación Allen (Campaniano-Maastrichtiano), en Salitral Moreno, provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [Dinosaur eggshells from the Allen Formation (Campanian–Maastrichtian), in Salitral Moreno, Río Negro province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 43(3):513-528 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
47125 | J. Sterli, M. S. de la Fuente, and I. A. Cerda. 2013. A new species of meiolaniform turtle and a revision of the Late Cretaceous Meiolaniformes of South America. Ameghiniana 50(2):240-256 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
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