Where: Mendoza, Argentina (37.1° S, 69.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.9° S, 49.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Plottier Formation (Neuquén Group), Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 83.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; micaceous, red mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. González Riga et al.

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: B. González Riga, C. Monardez, L. Ortíz David and G. Redonte. 2012. Uso de escaneo láser 3d en el mapeo tafonómico de un titanosaurio articulado (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) del Cretácico de Mendoza, Argentina [Use of 3D laser scanning for the taphonomic map of an articulated titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina]. Reunión de Comunicaciones de la Asociacion Paleontológica Argentina. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 49(4 (suppl.)):R145 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219506: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.04.2021, edited by Grace Varnham

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