Also known as Gasparinisuchus peirosauroides type (originally Peirosaurus tormini referred specimen)

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.3° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° S, 49.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

• Originally reported as found in sediments of the Rio Colorado Suprgroup (Gasparini et al. 1991); however, the locality was subsequently listed as the Plottier Formation (Pol and Gasparini 2007) and the Bajo de la Carpa Formation by Martinelli et al. (2012)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coarse-grained, red sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Z. Gasparini, L. M. Chiappe, and M. Fernandez. 1991. A new Senonian peirosaurid (Crocodylomorpha) from Argentina and a synopsis of the South American Cretaceous crocodilians. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(3):316-333 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118195: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 08.10.2011

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