Notes on fossil remains from the Early Cretaceous Lohan Cura Formation, Neuquén Province, Argentina |
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Authors: | Agustín G Martinelli Alberto C Garrido Analía M Forasiepi Ernesto R Paz Yamila Gurovich |
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Institution: | aSección Paleontología de Vertebrados, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina bMuseo Municipal “Carmen Funes”, Ave. Córdoba 55, Plaza Huincul (8318), Neuquén, Argentina cDepartment of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA |
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Abstract: | In this contribution, we describe an association of fossil remains collected in the locality of Cerro de Los Leones, approximately 8 km southwest of the town of Picún Leufú, Neuquén Province, Argentina, from different levels of the Albian Cullín Grande Member, Lohan Cura Formation. The fossils include pelecypodan (Neocorbicula dinosauriorum, Neocorbicula pehuenchensis, and genus indet.) and gastropodan (Physa wichmanni) molluscs, a mesoeucrocodylian, possible pterosaurs, theropods, and sauropods. The sedimentary environment at Cerro de los Leones is characterized by fluvial deposits corresponding to a sandy meandering fluvial system. The most fossiliferous levels (located in the lower part of the exposed sequence) were developed in a distal flood plain and flood basin areas. Sedimentological and paleopedological features suggest semi-arid conditions during the deposition of the Cullín Grande Member. Despite the fragmentary nature of the specimens described here, the new information provided from the Albian assemblages of the Lohan Cura Formation at the Cerro de Los Leones locality provides a broader panorama of the composition of terrestrial faunas during the Early Cretaceous in Patagonia. |
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Keywords: | Lohan Cura Formation Early Cretaceous Patagonia Molluscs Crocodyliforms Dinosaurs |
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