CG5, Cerro Guillermo (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• upper levels of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: dry floodplain; red, silty mudstone

• ephemeral fluvial deposits developed on wide floodplains
• reddish silty mudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. González Riga

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: B. González Riga, J. Porfiri, J. Calvo, D. Dos Santos, L. Ortiz and F. Coêlho. 2012. Hallazgo de titanosaurios parcialmente articulados en el sur de Mendoza (Argentina): contexto estratigráfico [Discovery of partially articulated titanosaurs in southern Mendoza (Argentina): stratigraphic context]. XXVI Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. I Jornadas Argentinas Técnicas en Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 49(4 (suppl.)):R48 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219514: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.04.2021

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
complete pes and articulated caudal series