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Uspallata - Agua de la Zorra, Uspallata District, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

GroupUspallata
FormationAgua de la Zorra
Age:247 - 237 Ma
Triassic
IntervalMiddle Triassic
Tectonic SettingRift
Lithologymudstone/siltstone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences9

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
UspallataUspallata District, Las Heras Department, Mendoza Province, ArgentinaUspallata - Agua de la Zorra

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Euestheria sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Branchiopoda : Diplostraca : Lioestheriidae : Euestheria247.2 - 237 Ma
Triassic
Actinopterygii
class
3Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii247.2 - 237 Ma
Triassic
Guaymayenia paramillisensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Guaymayenia : Guaymayenia paramillisensis247.2 - 237 Ma
Triassic
Thecodontia
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Thecodontia247.2 - 237 Ma
Triassic

References

Rusconi C. (1947) Reptil Tri谩sico de Uspallata [Triassic reptile from Uspallata], Boletin Paleontol贸gico de Buenos Aires 22, 1-2
Marsicano C. A. (1996) Otuminisaurus limensis Rusconi, 1948: a problematic temnospondyl amphibian from the Triassic of Argentina, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 4, 785-786
L贸pez-Arbarello A., Rauhut O. W. R., et al (2010) The Triassic fish faunas of the Cuyana Basin, Western Argentina, Palaeontology 53, 249-276 doi:10.1111
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!
 
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