Cañadon de las Tortugas (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Also known as La Buitrera

Where: Río Negro, Argentina (39.6° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° S, 46.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Huincul Formation (Neuquén Group), Late/Upper Cenomanian to Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 89.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. J. Pazo and S. Apesteguía. 2012. Nuevos restos craneanos de Carcharodontosauridae (Theropoda, Tetanurae) de “La Buitrera”: provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [New cranial remains of Carcharodontosauridae (Theropoda, Tetanurae) from “La Buitrera”: Río Negro province, Argentina]. XXVI Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. I Jornadas Argentinas Técnicas en Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 49(4 (suppl.)):R54-R55 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219515: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Carcharodontosauridae indet. Stromer 1931 allosauroid
MPCA-254, skull roof