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Valle Pintado, Valle Fértil Department, San Juan Province, Argentina
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -30.1372,-67.8775 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | San Juan, Argentina |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Valle Fértil Department, San Juan Province, Argentina |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Valle Pintado, Hoyada de Ischigualasto | Trotteyn M. J., Martinez R. N., et al (2012) | Ischigualasto - Cancha de Bochas | "siliciclastic" | 237 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Valle Pintado, Ischigualasto | Martínez R. N., Alcober O. A. (2009) | Ischigualasto - La Peña | 40 m above base of formation; approx same level as ash dated at 228.3 Ma; upper part of member, lower portion of Panphagia type, lower portion of Scaphonyx-Exaeretodon-Herrerasaurus biozone; late Carnian Wallace et al. 2019: The new specimen was found at the Valle Pintado locality, which is located in the upper lev- els of the La Peña Member and in the lower portion of the Scaphonyx-Exaeretodon-Herrera- saurus biozone. The material was found in a fossiliferous layer 40 m above the base of the | sandstone | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Eucynodontia infraorder | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Eucynodontia | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Pseudotherium argentinus species | Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Pseudotherium : Pseudotherium argentinus | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Lagerpetonidae family | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Lagerpetonidae | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Pseudochampsa ischigualastensis species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Proterochampsidae : Pseudochampsa : Pseudochampsa ischigualastensis | 237 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Panphagia protos species | Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Guaibasauridae : Panphagia : Panphagia protos | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!