Also known as Eoraptor type, Valle de la Luna

Where: San Juan, Argentina (31.1° S, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° S, 34.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Scaphonyx-Exaeretodon-Herrerasaurus other zone, Cancha de Bochas Member (Ischigualasto Formation), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• lower third of formation. Collected from the "Scaphonyx-Exaeretodon-Herrerasaurus

•biozone" of Martinez et al. (2011: Science 331: 206) which reportedly represents "a narrow temporal interval from 231.5 to 229 Ma in the latter half of the Carnian stage".

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, red siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. N. Martínez in 1991

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Eoraptor found in "close association" with other taxa listed, but specifics are not given.

•PVSJ: Instituto y Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan 5400, Argentina

Primary reference: P. C. Sereno, C. A. Forster, R. R. Rogers and A. M. Monetta. 1993. Primitive dinosaur skeleton from Argentina and the early evolution of Dinosauria. Nature 361:64-66 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24877: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.08.2002, edited by Bethany Allen and Graeme Lloyd

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