Also known as Dinilysia type locality

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

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

• "Le matériel étudié comprend dix-huit tronçons de colonne vertébrale, chacun étant constitué par plusieurs vertèbres et cotes en connexion. (pg. 435)"

Primary reference: J.-C. Rage and A. M. Albino. 1989. Dinilysia patagonica (Reptilia, Serpentes): matériel vertébral additionnel du Crétacé supérieur d’Argentine. Etude complémentaire des vertèbres, variations intraspécifiques et intraolumnaires. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1989:443-447 [J. Head/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63679: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 17.08.2006

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