Pilmatué (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Also known as Las Lajas, Pilmatue

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.5° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.8° S, 33.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mulichinco Formation, Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. Coria et al. in 2009–2012

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: R. A. Coria, F. Ortega, C. Succar, P. Currie, and E. Koppelhus. 2012. First record of a dicraeosaurid sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Neuquén Basin. XXVI Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. I Jornadas Argentinas Técnicas en Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 49(4 (suppl.)):R44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193674: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.06.2018, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
aff. Hadrosauriformes indet.2 Sereno 1997 ornithopod
complete, articulated hindlimb; pelvis
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Lajasvenator ascheriae n. gen. n. sp.1
Lajasvenator ascheriae n. gen. n. sp.1 Coria et al. 2020 allosauroid
MLL-PV-005, MLL-PV-007; skull elements, a partial cervical and dorsal series of vertebrae, and isolated caudal vertebrae and elements of the pelvis
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet.2 Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
axial and appendicular elements (non-Lithostrotia)
 Saurischia - Dicraeosauridae
Dicraeosauridae indet.5 Huene 1927 dicraeosaurid
MLL-003 (natural cranial endocast)
Pilmatueia faundezi n. gen. n. sp.3 Coria et al. 2019 dicraeosaurid
 Saurischia - Diplodocidae
Diplodocidae indet.4 Marsh 1884 diplodocid
MLL-PV-013 (caudal vertebra)
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpoxylon prumnopityoides n. sp.4 Gnaedinger et al. 2017 podocarp
MCF-PBPH-223