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Valle de la Luna Rojo, El Cuy Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -39.1167,-67.6667 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Río Negro, Argentina |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | El Cuy Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Valle de la Luna Rojo, Paso Córdova | de la Fuente M. S., Barbieri R., et al (2010) | Anacleto | Listed as late Santonian to early Campanian in de la Fuente et al. (2010), but Anacleto Formation now considered early-middle Campanian (Garrido et al. 2010) | claystone | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Dryolestidae family | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dryolestidae | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Yaminuechelys gasparinii species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelidae : Yaminuechelys : Yaminuechelys gasparinii | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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!