Northern region of Neuquén City locality (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Also known as Wargosuchus australis type site

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.0° S, 68.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° S, 48.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• Specimen comes from the same levels as Notosuchus terrestris

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Garate Zubillaga of the Museo ‘Profesor-Dr. Juan A. Olsacher’ (Neuquén Province) in the 1980s

Primary reference: A. G. Martinelli and D. F. Pais. 2008. A new baurusuchid crocodyliform (Archosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina). Comptes Rendus Palevol 7:371-381 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112698: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 15.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Baurusuchidae
Wargosuchus australis n. gen. n. sp.
Wargosuchus australis n. gen. n. sp. Martinelli and Pais 2008 crocodilian
MOZ-PV 6134 - holotype (fragment of right premaxilla and maxilla, and portion of skull roof)