estancia María Aike (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (46.7° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 53.2° S, 47.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Bajo Barreal Formation), Late/Upper Cenomanian to Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 89.3 Ma)

• upper half of Upper Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; medium-grained, coarse, muddy sandstone and conglomerate

• "Bank of coarse to medium sandstones with a high concentration of pelites, intercalated between fangolites"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: C. Navarrete, G. Casal, and R. Martínez. 2011. Drusilasaura deseadensis gen. et sp. nov., un nuevo titanosaurio (Dinosauria–Sauropoda), de la Formacíon Bajo Barreal, Cretácico Superior del norte de Santa Cruz, Argentina [Drusilasaura deseadensis gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaur (Dinosauria–Sauropoda), from the Bajo Barreal Formation, Upper Cretaceous of the north of Santa Cruz, Argentina]. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 14(1):1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109015: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Drusilasaura deseadensis n. gen. n. sp.
Drusilasaura deseadensis n. gen. n. sp. Navarrete et al. 2011 sauropod
MPM-PV 2097/1 to 2097/19