southern margin of Laguna Colorada (MPEF) (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (48.1° S, 69.5° W: paleocoordinates 50.0° S, 22.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Laguna Colorada Formation (El Tranquilo Group), Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pond; nodular, brown, calcareous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. Pol and team

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: D. Pol and J. E. Powell. 2007. Skull anatomy of Mussaurus patagonicus (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Patagonia. Historical Biology 19(1):125-144 [O. Rauhut/O. Rauhut]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179278: authorized by Oliver Rauhut, entered by Oliver Rauhut on 10.06.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Mussaurus patagonicus Bonaparte and Vince 1979 sauropodomorph
seven closely associated juvenile individuals