Cañadon Asfalto Formation
Encyclopedia
Paleofauna
| Amphibian Amphibian Amphibians , are a class of vertebrate animals including animals such as toads, frogs, caecilians, and salamanders. They are characterized as non-amniote ectothermic tetrapods... s reported from the Cañadon Asfalto Formation |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Notobatrachus Notobatrachus Notobatrachus is an extinct genus of frog from the middle Jurassic Cañadon Asfalto Formation of Argentina.- Sources :* Frogs: Inside Their Remarkable World by Ellin Beltz... |
N. degiustoi |
|||||
N. reigsi |
||||||
| Turtle Turtle Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines , characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield... s reported from the Cañadon Asfalto Formation |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Condorchelys Condorchelys Condorchelys was a genus of stem turtle from Middle to Upper Jurassic Cañadon Asfalto Formation of Argentina. Only one species is described, Condorchelys antiqua.... |
C. antiqua |
|||||
| Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s reported from the Cañadon Asfalto Formation |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images | |
Condorraptor Condorraptor Condorraptor is a genus of megalosauroid theropod dinosaur. It lived during the Middle Jurassic in what is now Argentina, Canadon Asfalto Formation. The type species, described in 2005, is Condorraptor currumili. It is based on a tibia, with an associated partial skeleton that may belong to the... |
C. currumili |
Partial skeleton |
|||||
Manidens Manidens Manidens is a genus of heterodontosaurid dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Patagonia. Fossils have been found from the Cañadon Asfalto Formation in Chubut Province, Argentina, dating to the Bajocian.-Etymology:... |
M. condorensis |
||||||
Patagosaurus Patagosaurus Patagosaurus was a large herbivorous dinosaur from the long-necked group Sauropoda. It reached a length of 18 meters. Similar to other primitive eusauropods, it was rather heavily built and similar to Cetiosaurus in general appearance. It is known from a dozen individuals, though some referred... |
P. fariasi |
"As many as [twelve] skeletons with jaw elements." |
 |
||||
Piatnitzkysaurus Piatnitzkysaurus Piatnitzkysaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur. It is known from the Canadon Asfalto Formation, Middle Jurassic of what is now Argentina. Once thought to be a basal carnosaur, it may instead be a megalosauroid... |
P. floresi |
Two "fragmentary skulls with associated postcranium." |
|||||
Tehuelchesaurus Tehuelchesaurus Tehuelchesaurus is a genus of dinosaur. It is named in honor of the Tehuelche people native to the Argentinian province of Chubut, where it was first found.... |
T. benitezii |
"Partial postcranial skeleton." |
|||||
Volkheimeria Volkheimeria Volkheimeria was a brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur. It lived during the Middle Jurassic, approximately 160 million years ago. Fossils of Volkheimeria have been found in Argentina. The type species, V. chubutensis, was described by José Bonaparte in 1979.-References:* at Dino Russ's Lair.... |
V. chubutensis |
"Partial skeleton consisting of presacral and sacral vertebrae, pelvis, [and] hindlimb." |
|||||
| Mammal Mammal Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young... s reported from the Cañadon Asfalto Formation |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Argentoconodon |
A. fariasorum |
"Isolated lower(?) molariform" |
||||
Asfaltomylos Asfaltomylos Asfaltomylos is an extinct genus of Australosphenida from the middle Jurassic of Argentina. Only one species is recorded, Asfaltomylos patagonicus, from the Cañadon Asfalto Formation, Chubut Province, Patagonia.-References:... |
A. patagonicus |
|||||
Henosferus Henosferus Henosferus is an extinct genus of Australosphenida from Middle Jurassic of Argentina. The only recorded species, Henosferus molus, was found on Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Chubut Province, Patagonia.-References:... |
H. molus |
|||||