ammonites

Hoyada de Ischiqualasto, lower third: Carnian, Argentina
collected 1959

Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:San Juan County:Valle Fértil
Coordinates: 30.1° South, 67.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.8° South, 31.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Carnian
Age range of interval:228.0 - 216.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ischigualasto
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Lower third of the formation, Ischigualasto-Ischichuca basin
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1959
Collection method comments: PVL: Instituto de Miguel Lillo, Tucuman, Argentina
Metadata
Also known as:Argentinosuchus
Database number:92317
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-11-06 02:42:26 Last modified:2009-11-06 02:45:51
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-06 02:42:26
Reference information
Primary reference:
31120 R. M. Casamiquela. 1960. Notica preliminar sobre dos nuevos estagonolepoideos Argentinos. Ameghiniana 2:3-9 [R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

31122 R. M. Casamiquela. 1961. Dos nuevos estagonolepoideos Argentinos de Ischigualasto, San Juan. Revista Asocíacion Geológia Argentina 16:143-203 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
31123 R. M. Casamiquela. 1967. Materiales adicionales y reinterpretación de Aetosauroides scagliai (de Ischigualasto, San Juan). Revista del Museo de La Plata 33:173-196 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
31121 A. B. Heckert and S. G. Lucas. 2002. South American occurrences of the Adamanian (Late Triassic: latest Carnian) index taxon Stagonolepis (Archosauria: Aetosauria) and their biochronological significance. Journal of Paleontology 76(5):852-863 [R. Butler/R. Butler]