Chacay Melelhue (Jurassic of Argentina)

Also known as Caypullisaurus bonapartei referred locality Caypullisaurus bonapartei referred material

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.2° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° S, 31.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vaca Muerta Formation, Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the MLP

Primary reference: M. Fernández. 2007. Redescription and phylogenetic position of Caypullisaurus (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae). Journal of Paleontology 81(2):368-375 [M. Carrano/H. Street/F. Aspromonte]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122660: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Caypullisaurus bonapartei Fernández 1997 ichthyosaur
MLP 85-I-15-1 (skull and part of the forefin)