La Juanita Estancia, Raúl site (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Also known as Cerro Barcino

Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.8° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 49.3° S, 40.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cerro Castaño Member (Cerro Barcino Formation), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• Ages are found Krause et al. 2020 and Carballido et al. 2017. The contact zones between Puesto La Paloma and Cerros Castaño is approximately Aptian-Early Albian at ~118.5-110.8 Ma.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. E. Novas, S. de Valais, P. A. Vickers-Rich and T. H. Rich. 2005. A large Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia, Argentina, and the evolution of carcharodontosaurids. Naturwissenschaften 92:226-230 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 162466: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Tyrannotitan chubutensis Novas et al. 2005 allosauroid
MPEF-PV 1157