Where: Antofagasta, Chile (24.4° S, 68.6° W: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 55.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pajonales Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• "lower member", within 2 m of lower contact with Pular Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; medium-grained, coarse sandstone and lenticular, red mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Salinas, Sepúlveda, Marshall

Primary reference: P. Salinas, P. Sepúlveda, and L. G. Marshall. 1991. Hallazgo de restos oseos de dinosaurios (saurópodos) en la Formación Pajonales (Cretácico Superior), Sierra de Almeyda, Región de Antofagasta, Chile: implicancia cronológica [Discovery of skeletal remains of dinosaurs (sauropods) in the Pajonales Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Sierra de Almeyda, Antofagasta Region, Chile: chronological implications]. 6e Congreso Geológico Chileño, Viña del Mar. Resumenes Expandidos. Servicio Nacional de Geología y Mineria, Chile 534-537 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 127357: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.05.2012

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