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Potrerillos - Upper, Cacheuta District, Luján de Cuyo department, Mendoza Province, Argentina
Formation | Potrerillos |
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Member | Upper |
Age: | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Interval | Carnian |
Tectonic Setting | Rift |
Lithology | shale/claystone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 2 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Minas de Petroleo | Cacheuta District, Luján de Cuyo department, Mendoza Province, Argentina | Potrerillos - Upper |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Uspallata - Cacheuta | 228 - 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | siliciclastic | 7 |
Uspallata - Potrerillos | 228 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | siltstone, "shale", "siliciclastic" | 33 |
Uspallata - Potrerillos - Upper | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | shale/claystone | 3 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Tipuloidea rhaetica species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Scytinopteridae : Tipuloidea : Tipuloidea rhaetica | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Tipulidites affinis species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Mecoptera : Mesopsychidae : Tipulidites : Tipulidites affinis | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
References
Wieland G. R. (1925) Rhaetic crane flies from South America, American Journal of Science, Series 5 9, 21-28 |
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!