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"Bone-bed", Caucete Department, San Juan Province, Argentina
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -31.6044,-67.2906 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | San Juan, Argentina |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Caucete Department, San Juan Province, Argentina |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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"Bone-bed", near El Gigantillo Hill | Martinez R. N., Apaldetti C., et al (2015) | Quebrada del Barro | A late Norian age was recently proposed for this formation based on biostratigraphic correlations with the Los Colorados Formation from the neighboring Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin | sandstone | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Tritheledontidae family | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Tritheledontidae | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Crocodylomorpha unranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Crocodylomorpha | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Pterosauria order | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Sphenotitan leyesi species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Rhynchocephalia : Sphenodontidae : Sphenotitan : Sphenotitan leyesi | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Sauropodomorpha unranked clade | Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropodomorpha | 228 - 208.5 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
References
Martinez R. N., Apaldetti C., et al (2015) A new Late Triassic vertebrate assemblage from northwestern Argentina, Ameghiniana 52 4, 379-390 |
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!