Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.2° S, 69.6° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° S, 45.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Candeleros Formation (Neuquén Group), Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• Río Limay Subgroup
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. O. Calvo in 1988
Primary reference: J. O. Calvo. 1990. Un gigantesco theropodo del Miembro Candeleros (Albiano–Cenomaniano) del la Formación Río Limay, Patagonia, Argentina [A gigantic theropod from the Candeleros Member (Albian–Cenomanian) of the Río Limay Formation, Patagonia, Argentina]. VII Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Ameghiniana 26(3-4):241 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51944: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Giganotosaurus carolinii Coria and Salgado 1995 allosauroid |