Also known as Purranisaurus potens type, Cajón del Río Grande, Malalhue

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (35.9° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° S, 33.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Substeueroceras koeneni ammonoid zone, Vaca Muerta Formation, Late/Upper Tithonian to Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 140.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C. Rusconi in 1948

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: C. Rusconi. 1948. Ictiosaurios del Jurásico de Mendoza (Argentina) [Ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Mendoza (Argentina)]. Revista del Museo de Historia Natural de Mendoza 2:17-160 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153673: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 07.01.2014, edited by Matthew Carrano

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