Villa El Chocón, 15 km south (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Also known as Giganotosaurus type

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.5° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.6° S, 45.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Río Limay Subgroup

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. Carolinii in 1993

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: R. A. Coria and L. Sagado. 1994. A giant theropod from the middle Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3, suppl.):22A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28460: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.02.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Giganotosaurus carolinii n. gen. n. sp.
Giganotosaurus carolinii n. gen. n. sp. Coria and Salgado 1995 allosauroid
MUCPv-CH 1