Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.1° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 45.1° S, 47.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cerro Lisandro Formation (Neuquén Group), Middle Turonian to Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• originally "doubtfully assigned" to the upper levels of the "Huincul member", now formation; originally called "Cerro Lisando Formation"; Rio Limay Subgroup
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; red, silty siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Saldivia in 1993
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: R. A. Coria, G. Cladero, and L. Salgado. 1996. Una neuva localidad fosilífera en la Formación Río Limay?, Cretácico Superior, Cerro Bayo Mesa, Provincia de Neuquén [A new fossiliferous locality in the Río Limay? Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Cerro Bayo Mesa, Neuquén Province]. Ameghiniana 33(4):463 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 49097: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.04.2005, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Dipnoi indet. lungfish | |
Reptilia | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Bayomesasuchus hernandezi n. gen. n. sp.1
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Actinopteri | |
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar |