Arroyo de Agua: Carnian, Argentina
collected by A. S. Romer 1958
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Herrerasauridae
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cf. Staurikosaurus sp.
Colbert 1970
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MCZ 7063, 7064 | ||||||||||
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= Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis
Reig 1963
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Sereno and Novas 1994 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 30.1° South, 68.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.8° South, 33.8° 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 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Triassic | ||
| Key time interval: | Carnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ischigalasto |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Collection size: | 1 individuals | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MCZ | ||
| Collectors: | A. S. Romer | Collection dates: | 1958 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | MCZ field no. 295-58M | ||
| Database number: | 24878 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-08-21 19:46:59 | Last modified: | 2021-06-28 12:40:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-08-21 19:46:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6972. | D. B. Brinkman and H.-D. Sues. 1987. A staurikosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Triassic Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina and the relationships of the Staurikosauridae. Palaeontology 30(3):493-503 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 77266 | J. d. S. Bittencourt and A. W. A. Kellner. 2009. The anatomy and phylogenetic position of the Triassic dinosaur Staurikosaurus pricei Colbert, 1970. Zootaxa 2079(1):1-56 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 48743 | P. C. Sereno. 2013. Preface. 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)):1-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 12426 | ETE | P. C. Sereno and F. E. Novas. 1994. The skull and neck of the basal theropod Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(4):451-476 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |