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Chubut - Cerro Barcino - Cerro Castaño, Argentina

GroupChubut
FormationCerro Barcino
MemberCerro Castaño
Age:113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
IntervalAlbian
Lithologysandstone
Number of Collections6
Number of Occurrences6

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
La Juanita EstanciaPaso de Indios Department, Chubut Province, ArgentinaChubut - Cerro Barcino - Cerro Castaño
Leaellyn's Site #3Paso de Indios Department, Chubut Province, ArgentinaChubut - Cerro Barcino - Cerro Castaño
Cañadón GrandeTehuelches Department, Chubut Province, ArgentinaChubut - Cerro Barcino - Cerro Castaño
east faceSan Carlos Department, Mendoza Province, ArgentinaChubut - Cerro Barcino - Cerro Castaño

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Cerro Barcino - Cerro Castaño105 - 99.6 Ma
Cretaceous
sandstone/mudstone2

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Barcinosuchus gradilis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Peirosauridae : Barcinosuchus : Barcinosuchus gradilis125 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tyrannotitan sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Carcharodontosauridae : Tyrannotitan125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tyrannotitan chubutensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Carcharodontosauridae : Tyrannotitan : Tyrannotitan chubutensis113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Genyodectes serus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Genyodectes : Genyodectes serus125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Theropoda
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Woodward A. S. (1901) On some extinct reptiles from Patagonia, of the genera Miolania, Dinilysia, and Genyodectes, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901 1, 169-184
Rich T. H., Vickers-Rich P. J., et al (1998) Theropods from the "Middle" Cretaceous Chubut Group of the San Jorge Sedimentary Basin, central Patagonia. A preliminary note, GAIA 15, 111-115
Novas F. E., de Valais S., et al (2005) A large Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia, Argentina, and the evolution of carcharodontosaurids, Naturwissenschaften 92, 226-230
Leardi J. M., Pol D. (2009) The rst crocodyliform from the Chubut Group (Chubut Province, Argentina) and its phylogenetic position within basal Mesoeucrocodylia, Cretaceous Research 30, 1376-1386 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.08.002
Carrano M. T., Benson R. B. J., et al (2012) The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 2, 211-300 doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.630927
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