Also known as Plesiosaurus mexicanus type locality

Where: Oaxaca, Mexico (17.3° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 13.8° N, 52.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Berriasian to Late/Upper Berriasian (145.0 - 130.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: V.-H. Reynoso. 2006. Research on fossil amphibians and reptiles in Mexico, from 1869 to early 2004 (including marine forms but excluding pterosaurs, dinosaurs, and obviously, birds). In F. J. Vega, T. G. Nyborg, M. Del Carmen Perrilliat, M. Montellano-Ballesteros, S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, S. A. Quiroz-Barroso (eds.), Studies on Mexican Paleontology 24:209-231 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144335: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 03.05.2013

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