Also known as Dinilysia type, Ferrocarril del Sur

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.0° S, 68.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° S, 49.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• formation assignment questionable; Río Colorado Subgroup

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, red sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by S. Roth in 1887-1900

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

Primary reference: A. S. Woodward. 1896. On two Mesozoic crocodilians from the red sandstones of the territory of Neuquen (Argentina Republic). Notosuchus (genus novum) and Cynodontosuchus (genus novum). Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 4:1-20 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47808: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 02.03.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano, Philip Mannion and Evangelos Vlachos

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