ARGENTINA
MENDOZA PROVINCE
RIGHT MARGIN FO TEH PAULINO CREEK
ARROYO PAULINO
VACA MUERTA FROMATION
LOWER PART OF THE ARGENTINICERAS NODULIFERUM ANDEAN ASSEMBLAGE ZONE
LOWER BERRIASIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
UPPER EARLY CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983
ORDER: MESOSUCHIA EMEND HUXLEY, 1875
SUBORDER: THALATTOSUCHIA EMEND FRAAS, 1901
Family: METRIORHYNCHIDAE Family: METRIORHYNCHIDAE Fitzinger, 1843
*Cricosaurus puelchorum
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ARGENTINA
MENDOZA
PROVINCE
16 KM
SOUTHEAST OF SOSNEADO
ARROYO
DURAZNO
VACA
MUERTA FORMATION
TITHONIAN
STAGE
UPPERMOST
MALM EPOCH
LATE
JURASSIC-BERRIASIAN STAGE
LOWER
NEOCOMIAN SUBEPOCH
LOWERMOST
EARLY CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLIEST
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
_____________________________________________________________________________________SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: CHELONOMORPHA KUHN, 1960
SUPERCOHORT: TESTUDINES LINNAEUS, 1758
COHORT: CASICHELYDIA emend GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
MAGANORDER: CRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
SUPERORDER: SELMACRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY, HUTCHISON, JENKINS & MEEKR, 1987
GRANDORDER: DAIOCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
MICRORDER: EUCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY, 1975
Family: PLESIOCHELYIDAE Rutimeyer, 1873
Neusticemys neuquina
ARGENTINA
MENDOZA PROVINCE
BAJADA DE LAS VACAS
BERRIASIAN STAGE
MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH
UPPER EARLY CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 19043
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
NEODIAPSIDA: INCERTAE SEDIS
OR AMNIOTA: INCERTAE SEDIS
MAGANORDER: ICHTHYOPTERYGIA BAUR, 1887 emend nova
SUPERORDER: EOICHTHYOSAURIA MOTANI, 1999
GRANDORDER: ICHTHYOSAURIA EMEND BLAINVILLE, 1835
MICRORDER: LONGIPINNATI HUENE, 1948
ORDER: MERRIAMOSAURIA MONTANI, 1999
SUBORDER: EUICHTHYOSAURIA MONTANI, 1999
INFRAORDER: PARVIPELVIA MONTANI, 1999
PARVORDER: NEOICHTHYOSAURIA SANDER, 2000
Superfamily: ICHTHYOSAUROIDEA Bonaparte, 1841 (Emend McGowan & Montani, 2003)
Family: ICHTHYOSAURIDAE Bonaparte, 1841
Incertae sedis
non *Ichthyosaurus, I. saladensis
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ARGENTINA
MENDOZA PROVINCE
AMERICA DEL SUR
MALARGUE
VACA MUERTA FORMATION
SUBSTEUEROCERAS KOENENI
BIOZONE
UPPER TITHONIAN STAGE
UPPER MALM EPOCH
LATE JURASSIC-LOWER BERRIASIAN STAGE
LOWER NEOCOMIAN SUBEPOCH
LOWER EARLY CRETACEOUS EPOCH
EARLIEST EARLY CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
_____________________________________________________________________________________SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946
SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990
COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988
MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974
SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968
GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930
MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983
ORDER: MESOSUCHIA EMEND HUXLEY, 1875
SUBORDER: THALATTOSUCHIA EMEND FRAAS, 1901
Family: METRIORHYNCHIDAE Fitzinger, 1843
Subfamily: GEOSAURINAE Lydekker, 1889
*Purranisaurus potens
= Metriorhynchus potens