Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.4° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° S, 46.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Huincul Formation (Neuquén Group), Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• lower part of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; fine-grained, quartzose, yellow sandstone and claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by J. Canudo et al.
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: J. I. Canudo, L. Salgado, A. Garrido and J. Carballido. 2013. Primera evidencia de dinosaurios ornitópodos en la base de la Formación Huincul (Cenomaniense Superior-Turoniense, Cuenca Neuquina, Argentina) [First evidence of ornithopod dinosaurs at the base of the Huincul Formation (Cenomanian–upper Turonian, Neuquén Basin, Argentina)]. Geogaceta 53:9-12 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 146260: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
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