Los Candeleros (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Giganotosaurus carolinii Coria and Salgado 1995 allosauroid