Cerro Bayo Mesa, NF2 [MCF]: Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian, Argentina
collected by Saldivia 1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Abelisauridae
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Abelisauridae indet.
Bonaparte and Novas 1985
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Leanza et al. 2004 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Iguanodontia indet.
Baur 1891
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4 individuals | |||||||||
MCF-PVPH 74, 75, 76 | ||||||||||
= Anabisetia saldiviai n. gen., n. sp.
Coria and Calvo 2002
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Coria and Calvo 2002 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodyliformes
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Crocodyliformes indet.
(Hay 1930)
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Leanza et al. 2004 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Leanza et al. 2004 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Neuquén |
Coordinates: | 39.1° South, 69.2° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.1° South, 47.4° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Neuquén | Formation: | Cerro Lisandro | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: originally "doubtfully assigned" to the upper levels of the "Huincul member", now formation. 7 m above NF1; originally called "Cerro Lisando Formation", Rio Limay Subgroup |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "poorly developed paleosol" | |
Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | -single event |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | all |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | Saldivia | Collection dates: | 1993 |
Collection method comments: MNI = 4 |
Metadata
Database number: | 49098 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Tennant |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-04-08 10:27:10 | Last modified: | 2021-04-14 19:32:02 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-08 10:27:10 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13114. | ETE | R. A. Coria, G. Cladero, and L. Salgado. 1996. Una neuva localidad fosilífera en la Formación Río Limay?, Cretácico Superior, Cerro Bayo Mesa, Provincia de Neuquén [A new fossiliferous locality in the Río Limay? Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Cerro Bayo Mesa, Neuquén Province]. Ameghiniana 33(4):463 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
47243 | J. I. Canudo, L. Salgado, A. Garrido and J. Carballido. 2013. Primera evidencia de dinosaurios ornitópodos en la base de la Formación Huincul (Cenomaniense Superior-Turoniense, Cuenca Neuquina, Argentina) [First evidence of ornithopod dinosaurs at the base of the Huincul Formation (Cenomanian–upper Turonian, Neuquén Basin, Argentina)]. Geogaceta 53:9-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
14275 | ETE | R. A. Coria and J. O. Calvo. 2002. A new iguanodontian ornithopod from Neuquén Basin, Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):503-509 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
76413 | P. Cruzado-Caballero, L. S. Filippi, A. H. Méndez, A. C. Garrido, and R. D. Juárez Valieri. 2016. New record of ornithopod dinosaur from the Plottier Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Patagonia, Argentina. Annales de Paléontologie 102:145-150 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
75729 | P. Cruzado-Caballero, L. S. Filippi, A. H. Méndez, A. C. Garrido, and I. Díaz-Martínez. 2018. First ornithopod remains from the Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Santonian, Upper Cretaceous), northern Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 83:182-193 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
44370 | H. A. Leanza, S. Apesteguia, F. E. Novas and M. S. Fuente. 2004. Cretaceous terrestrial beds from the Neuquen Basin (Argentina) and their tetrapod assemblages. Cretaceous Research 25:61-87 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant] | |
76422 | S. F. Poropat. 2019. Final report. Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia 1-56 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |