Cantera Vieja, Tscherig Farm: Wuchiapingian - Olenekian, Argentina
collected by R. M. Casamiquela 1940, 1959–1960

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Rhynchosauroides sp. Maidwell 1911
Domnanovich et al. 2008 1 specimen
MPA 85-366-I-E MD-99-6
Ingenierichnus sierrai n. gen., n. sp. Casamiquela 1964
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Ingenierichnus
MLP 60-XI-31-3
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
Shimmelia chirotheroides n. gen., n. sp. Casamiquela 1964
2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Chirotheriidae
MLP 60-XI-31-1, 2
unclassified
? Cynodontia indet. (Owen 1861)
Leonardi 1994 4 specimens
Stipanicichnus bonettii n. gen., n. sp. Casamiquela 1975
Casamiquela 1975 1 specimen
synonym of Stipanicichnus
CICRN 1-X-72-3
Gallegosichnus garridoi n. gen., n. sp. Casamiquela 1964
22 specimens
synonym of Dicynodontipus
MLP 60-XI-31-7, 8, 9, 2A; 66-XI-15-2, 3; MPA 76-609-I-E, 76-615-I-E, 76-608-I-E, 76-610-I-E, 76-618-I-E
Calibarichnus ayestarani n. gen., n. sp. Casamiquela 1964
5 specimens
synonym of Dicynodontipus
MLP 60-XI-31-4, MPA 76-605-I-E, 76-607-I-E, 76-608-I-E, 76-621-I-E
Palaciosichnus zettii n. gen., n. sp. Casamiquela 1964
8 specimens
synonym of Dicynodontipus
MLP 60-XI-31-6; MPA 76-605-I-E, 76-611-I-E, 76-614-I-E, 76-616-I-E, 76-617-I-E, 76-624-I-E, 76-628-I-E
Rogerbaletichnus aquilerai (Casamiquela 1964)
Calvo 2007 1 individual
synonym of Dicynodontipus
slab at Museu "Jorge Gergold" de Ingeniero Jacobacci
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Río Negro
Coordinates: 40.9° South, 68.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.5° South, 46.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:27 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Key time interval:Wuchiapingian - Olenekian
Age range of interval:259.51000 - 247.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Los Menucos Formation:Vera
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: from the "Porphyritic Complex"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Sandstone with poorly selected grains, with a variable content of tuffaceous breccias, a variety of colors and Rhyolitic tuff levels. Mud cracks."
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:MLP
Collectors:R. M. Casamiquela Collection dates:1940, 1959–1960
Metadata
Also known as:Leonardi locality 12, Cantera Tscherig, La Vieja Quarry, Los Menucos
Database number:53684
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-09-13 15:23:03 Last modified:2023-06-14 08:51:06
Access level:the public Released:2005-09-13 15:23:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33371. R. M. Casamiquela. 1964. Estudios Icnológicos. Problemas y Métodos de la Icnología con Aplicación al Estudio de Pisadas Mesozoicas (Reptilia, Mammalia) de la Patagonia [Ichnological Studies. Problems and Methods of Ichnology with Application to the Study of Mesozoic Trackways (Reptilia, Mammalia) from Patagonia] 1-229 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

59610 J. F. Bonaparte. 1978. El Mesozoico de America de Sur y sus Tetrapodos [The Mesozoic of South America and its tetrapods]. Opera Lilloana 26:1-596 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
48114 J. O. Calvo. 2007. Ichnology. In Z. B. Gasparini, L. Sangado & R. A. Coria (eds.), Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles 314-334 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
62876 R. M. Casamiquela. 1975. Nuevo material y reinterpretacion de las icnitas Mesozoicas (Neotriasicas) de Los Menucos, Provincia de Río Negro (Patagonia) [New material and reinterpretation of Mesozoic (Upper Triassic) ichnites from Los Menucos, Río Negro Province (Patagonia)]. Actas del Primer Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia 1:555-580 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
76238 S. de Valais, I. Díaz-Martínez, P. Citton and C. Consóle-Gonella. 2020. Vertebrate tracks of the Río Negro province, Patagonia, Argentina: stratigraphy, palaeobiology and environmental contexts. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 77(3):402-426 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
79911 I. Díaz-Martínez, P. Citton, S. Valais, C. Cónsole-Gonella, and S. N. González. 2019. Late Permian-Early Jurassic vertebrate tracks from Patagonia: biochronological inferences and relationships with southern African realms. Journal of African Earth Sciences 160:103619:1-17 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29645ETE N. S. Domnanovich, R. Tomassini, M. Manera Bianco and M. Dalpoonte. 2008. Nuevos aportes al conocimiento de la icnofauna de tetrápodos del Triásico Superior de Los Menucos (Complejo Los Menucos), provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [New contributions to the knowledge of the tetrapod ichnofauna from the Upper Triassic of Los Menucos (Los Menucos Complex), Río Negro province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 45(1):211-224 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
62875 G. Leonardi. 1981. As localidades com rastros fósseis de tetrápodes na América Latina [Localities with fossil tetrapod tracks in Latin America]. In Y. T. Sanguinetti (ed.), Anais II Congresso Latino-Americano de Paleontologia 2:929-940 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14677ETE G. Leonardi. 1994. Annotated Atlas of South America Tetrapod Footprints (Devonian to Holocene) with an Appendix on Mexico and Central America. . República Federativa do Brasil, Ministério de Minas e Energia, Secretaria de Minas e Metalurgia, Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais, Brasília 1-248 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/E. Dunne]
17074ETE R. N. Melchor and S. de Valais. 2006. A review of Triassic tetrapod track assemblages from Argentina. Palaeontology 49(2):355-379 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/B. Allen]