Where: Mendoza, Argentina (37.0° S, 69.6° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° S, 48.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Portezuelo Formation (Neuquén Group), Late/Upper Turonian to Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 85.8 Ma)
• Río Neuquén Subgroup
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; red limestone and tabular, burrowed, fine-grained, gray sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Collected by B. González Riga in 2005
Primary reference: B. J. González Riga, E. Previtera, and C. A. Pirrone. 2009. Malarguesaurus florenciae gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosauriform (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 30(1):135-148 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86488: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod |