Also known as Villa El Chocón
Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.3° S, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° S, 45.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Candeleros Formation (Neuquén Group), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• 15-20 m below contact with Huincul Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; massive, fine-grained, medium, red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. I. Canale and A. Haluza. 2012. Abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) remains from the Candeleros Formation (Cenomanian), Neuquén province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 49(4 (suppl.)):R43 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 179480: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 17.06.2016, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Abelisauridae indet. Bonaparte and Novas 1985 ceratosaur MMCh-PV-69, Left frontal, partial pelvis, right incomplete femur, dorsal ribs, distal end of metatarsal II, shaft fragment of metatarsal III
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Rebbachisauridae indet. sauropod MMCh-PV 71 (partial braincase and right quadrate, found in close association with postcranial bones, including a dorsal vertebra)
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