Chihuidos region (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Also known as Neuquén river

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (37.6° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° S, 46.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Candeleros Formation (Neuquén Group), Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Uppermost part of the Candeleros Formation, approximately 16 m below the contact with the overlying Huincul Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; mudstone

• muddy floodplain deposit level, within a sandy, braided river system

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2012–

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Otero, J. L. Carballido, L. Salgado, J. I. Canudo, and A. C. Garrido. 2021. Report of a giant titanosaur sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Neuquén Province, Argentina. Cretaceous Research [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 217008: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 12.01.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
MOZ-Pv 1221