Age constraints on the dispersal of dinosaurs in the Late Triassic from magnetochronology of the Los Colorados Formation (Argentina)
www.pnas.org
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
VERIFY:period_start_mya: stored=221 suggested=227 confidence=medium — Magnetostratigraphic correlation of the Los Colorados Formation, the unit that yields Riojasaurus incertus (holotype PVL 3808, La Esquina), constrains the whole ~600 m section to 227–213 Ma, so the base of the taxon's range is older than the stored 221 Ma. Palaeobiology Database range data for the genus (228–209 Ma) is likewise older at the base.
Åpne kilde ↗Age constraints on the dispersal of dinosaurs in the Late Triassic from magnetochronology of the Los Colorados Formation (Argentina)
www.pnas.org
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
VERIFY:period_end_mya: stored=206 suggested=213 confidence=high — Kent et al. (2014) date the Los Colorados Formation to 227–213 Ma and state deposition ended more than 11 Myr before the onset of the Jurassic, so a stored end date of 206 Ma is younger than any horizon that produces Riojasaurus. Subsequent stratigraphic work on the formation (e.g. Ischigualasto–Villa Unión Basin fluvial architecture studies) continues to follow the Norian ~227–213 Ma calibration rather than the older Norian–Rhaetian biostratigraphic estimate.
Åpne kilde ↗PBDB Taxon: Riojasaurus incertus (taxon no. 56585)
Paleobiology Database
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Paleobiology Database taxon record giving the formal classification of Riojasaurus incertus within Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha and Riojasauridae.
Åpne kilde ↗Tetrapod association and palaeoenvironment of the Los Colorados Formation (Argentina): a significant sample from Western Gondwana at the end of the Triassic
Geobios (Elsevier)
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Peer-reviewed study documenting the fossil localities and stratigraphic distribution of the Los Colorados Formation tetrapods, including Riojasaurus, in La Rioja Province, north-western Argentina.
Åpne kilde ↗Riojasaurus incertus Bonaparte 1969 (sauropodomorph)
Paleobiology Database
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Taxon page recording the collections, environments and Norian-age Los Colorados Formation fluvial-floodplain settings from which Riojasaurus specimens derive.
Åpne kilde ↗Herbivorous or omnivorous dinosaurs — Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Museum Dino Directory listing that classifies the sauropodomorph Riojasaurus among the plant-eating (herbivorous) dinosaurs.
Åpne kilde ↗Dinosaurs from the Late Triassic Period — Dino Directory
Natural History Museum, London
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Åpne kilde ↗Riojasaurus incertus Bonaparte 1969 (sauropodomorph)
Paleobiology Database
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Authoritative overview of the species covering its original description by Bonaparte (1969), its Late Triassic (Norian) age, ecology and Argentine occurrences.
Åpne kilde ↗Riojasaurus incertus Bonaparte 1969 (sauropodomorph)
Paleobiology Database
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Authoritative overview of the species covering its original description by Bonaparte (1969), its Late Triassic (Norian) age, ecology and Argentine occurrences.
Åpne kilde ↗Riojasaurus incertus Bonaparte 1969 (sauropodomorph)
Paleobiology Database
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Authoritative overview of the species covering its original description by Bonaparte (1969), its Late Triassic (Norian) age, ecology and Argentine occurrences.
Åpne kilde ↗Riojasaurus incertus Bonaparte 1969 (sauropodomorph)
Paleobiology Database
Sjekket: 4.9.2026
Authoritative overview of the species covering its original description by Bonaparte (1969), its Late Triassic (Norian) age, ecology and Argentine occurrences.
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