Baal Quarry, Lago Barreales [MUCP] (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Also known as North coast of Barreales lake

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.5° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° S, 47.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Portezuelo Formation (Neuquén Group), Late/Upper Turonian to Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 85.8 Ma)

• Upper levels of the Portezuelo Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. Rosales

Primary reference: F. E. Novas, S. Apesteguía, D. Pol and A. Cambiaso. 1999. Un probable troodóntido (Theropoda-Coelurosauria) del Cretácico Superior de Patagonia [A probable troodontid (Theropoda-Coelurosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia]. XV Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 36(4 (suppl.)):17R [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79953: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.03.2008, edited by Philip Mannion and Richard Butler

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Megaraptoridae
Megaraptor namunhuaiquii4 Novas 1998 coelurosaur
MUCPv-595, partial skeleton
 Theropoda -
Pamparaptor micros n. gen. n. sp.3
Pamparaptor micros n. gen. n. sp.3 Porfiri et al. 2011 maniraptoran
MUCPv-1163, articulated left foot
 Saurischia -
Baalsaurus mansillai n. gen. n. sp.1
Baalsaurus mansillai n. gen. n. sp.1 Calvo and Gonzalez Riga 2019 sauropod
MUCPv-1460 - holotype (dentary)
 Loricata - Peirosauridae
Patagosuchus anielensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Patagosuchus anielensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Lio et al. 2016 crocodilian
MANE-PV 1 - holotype (a fragmentary left dentary and splenial, right maxilla, right jugal, a dorsal vertebra, a dorsal osteoderm and right humerus all belonging to a single individual)