Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (48.1° S, 68.3° W: paleocoordinates 56.7° S, 24.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Laguna Colorada Formation (El Tranquilo Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• upper 250 m section of formation (900 m total section)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; concretionary, brown siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Casamiquela, Scaglia, Zetti, Herbst, Archangeksly, Bonaparte, & García in 1960, 1963–1964; reposited in the MLP
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: R. M. Casamiquela. 1964. Sobre el hallazgo de dinosaurios triásicos en la Prov. de Santa Cruz [On the discovery of Triassic dinosaurs in Santa Cruz Prov.]. Argentina Austral 35:10-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 145209: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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