Puesto Narambuena [Anacleto Fm.] (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Also known as Narambuenatitan type, Rincón de los Sauces

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (37.4° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.2° S, 53.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Anacleto Formation (Neuquén Group), Early/Lower Campanian to Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• lower third of the Anacleto Formation, approximately at 21 m from the base

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pond; massive, fine-grained sandstone and gray, green mudstone

• pond or swamp developed over the inter−channel areas
• mixed and amalgamated deposits of massive, fine−grained sandstones, and grayish green, laminated mudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2005-2006

Primary reference: L. S. Filippi, R. A. García, and A. C. Garrido. 2011. A new titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of North Patagonia, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(3):505-520 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117447: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 20.09.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
Yaminuechelys aff. maior1 Staesche 1929 sideneck turtle
MAU-Pv-N-475 (partially preserved carapace, a left xiphiplastral fragment, one 7th cervical vertebra, one anterior caudal vertebra, and a right femur)
 Saurischia -
Narambuenatitan palomoi n. gen. n. sp. Filippi et al. 2011 sauropod
MAU-Pv-N-425 - holotype (partial skeleton consisting of the following associated elements: left premaxilla and maxilla; braincase; left and right quadrates; anterior cervical vertebra; cervical rib fragments; posterior dorsal vertebra; three dorsal ribs; eleven anterior caudal vertebrae; six middle caudal vertebrae; two caudal transverse processes; two fragments of haemal arches; left sternal plate; right coracoid; left humerus; left ulna; left and right pubes; pubic peduncle of the left ilium; proximal fragment of the right ischium; and incomplete left femur)
Aeolosaurini indet.2 Franco-Rosas et al. 2004 sauropod
4 anterior caudal vertebrae
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
small and poorly preserved gastropods
unclassified
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Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
logs and coalified plant debris