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
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
"trunks and fruits"
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Reptilia
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
    = Chelonii indet. Latreille 1800
de Broin and de la Fuente 1993
    = Meiolaniformes indet. Sterli and de la Fuente 2013
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
Vlachos 2017
Reptilia - Fusioolithidae
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885
Powell 1992 4 specimens
eggs, eggshells; MUCPv–296/1
    = Patagoolithus salitralensis n. gen., n. sp. Simón 2006
Simón 2006
synonym of Fusioolithus baghensis
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
aff. Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890
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
Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000
    = Patagopelta cristata n. gen., n. sp. Riguetti et al. 2022
Riguetti et al. 2022
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Saurolophinae indet. Brown 1914
Prieto-Márquez 2010 1 individual
MPCA-PV SM 2
    = Bonapartesaurus rionegrensis n. gen., n. sp. Cruzado-Caballero and Powell 2017
Cruzado-Caballero and Powell 2017
? Lambeosaurinae indet. Parks 1923
3 individuals
MC uncatalogued partial skeleton
    = Lambeosaurinae indet. Parks 1923
Powell 2003
    = Willinakaqe salitralensis n. gen., n. sp. Juárez Valieri et al. 2010
Juárez Valieri et al. 2010
nomen vanum belonging to Hadrosauridae
MPCA-PV SM 3-15, 23-51
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
5 specimens
MPCA-PV 80, 81, 83, 84, 86, teeth
    = Tetanurae indet. Gauthier 1986
Coria and Salgado 2005
    = ? Tetanurae indet. Gauthier 1986
Carrano et al. 2012
Reptilia - Charadriiformes
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
tibia; PVL 4730
    = Ornithurae indet. Haeckel 1866
Chiappe 1996
    = Charadriiformes informal indet. 2 Huxley 1867
Hope 2002
Reptilia
Limenavis patagonica n. gen., n. sp. Clarke and Chiappe 2001
Clarke and Chiappe 2001 1 specimen
PVL 4731; collected "in the mid-1980s"
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885
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
Salgado 2003
    = Titanosauria informal indet. 1 Bonaparte and Coria 1993
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
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
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
Garcia and Salgado 2013 6 specimens
6 caudal vertebrae, MPCA-Pv 861 to 866
Aeolosaurus sp. Powell 1987
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
cf. Rocasaurus sp. Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000
Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000 3 specimens
Saltasaurus informal n. sp.
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
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
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Malargüe Formation:Allen Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
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:

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