southern Valle de la Luna: Carnian, Argentina
collected by A. Arcucci
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Ecteninion lunensis n. gen., n. sp.
Martinez et al. 1996
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1 individual | |||||||||
| PVSJ 422, skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 30.2° South, 68.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.8° South, 33.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Carnian | Other zone: | Scaphonyx-Exaeretodon-Herrerasaurus |
| Age range of interval: | 237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ischigualasto | Member: | Cancha de Bochas | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 90 metres above the base of the formation, probably late Carnian in age | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,hematitic "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | A. Arcucci |
Metadata
| Database number: | 98621 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-10-14 09:38:33 | Last modified: | 2022-03-30 06:21:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-10-14 09:38:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14323. | R. N. Martinez, C. L. May, and C. A. Forster. 1996. A new carnivorous cynodont from the Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Argentina), with comments on eucynodont phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(2):271-284 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 48761 | R. N. MartĂnez, C. Apaldetti, O. A. Alcober, C. E. Colombi, P. C. Sereno, E. Fernandez, P. Santi Malnis, G. A. Correa, and D. Abelin. 2013. Vertebrate succession in the Ischigualasto Formation. In P. C. Sereno (ed.), Basal Sauropodomorphs and the Vertebrate Fossil Record of the Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic: Carnian–Norian) of Argentina. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 12. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(6 (s1)):10-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |