ammonites
Cerro Cóndor (Jurassic of Argentina)

Also known as Cerro Cóndor South

Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.4° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 29.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cañadon Asfalto Formation (Sierra de Olte Group), Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• lower third of formation. Sierra de Olte Group = Lonco Trapial Group; upper level with theropod, lower with sauropods

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandy tuff

• "deposits of medium-energy water flow"
• "rocky tuff beds with flint...arenaceous tuff"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. F. Bonaparte in 1977-1983; reposited in the MACN

• Collections made during 1977, 1982, and 1983, but not subdivided into distinct collections in the texts.

Primary reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1979. Dinosaurs: a Jurassic assemblage from Patagonia. Science 205:1377-1378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28534: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 18.02.2003

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