Also known as Carnotaurus type

Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.0° S, 67.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.3° S, 56.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: La Colonia Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• "near top of Gorro Frigio Formation", described as "Albian or Cenomanian", but now considered La Colonia Formation

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•La Colonia Fm = Maastrichtian (Clyde et al. 2021)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; concretionary, hematitic siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, concretion, soft parts

Collected by J. F. Bonaparte in 1984

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1985. A horned Cretaceous carnosaur from Patagonia. National Geographic Research 1(1):149-151 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25534: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.09.2002

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