Sierra del Portezuelo, lower level (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.9° S, 69.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.8° S, 48.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Portezuelo Formation (Neuquén Group), Late/Upper Turonian to Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 85.8 Ma)

• Bed is a few metres below the layer containing the type of Patagonykus puertai

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. L. Agnolin, F. E. Novas, and G. Lio. 2006. Neornithine bird coracoid from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia. Ameghiniana 43(1):245-248 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118307: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 12.10.2011, edited by Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
Turtle plates
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
Teeth
 Ornithischia -
Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881 ornithopod
A number of appendicular bones and vertebrae pertaining to small-sized ornithopods
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
Teeth (non-avian theropods)
Aves
 Neornithes -
Neornithes indet. bird
PVPH 237 (proximal end of a right coracoid)
Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
Teeth
 Dipnoa -
Dipnoa indet. Fitzinger 1826 reptile
Teeth