Also known as Lago Los Barreales, Lomo de La Lata, Pozo 153 (YPF)
Where: Neuquen, Argentina (38.3° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° S, 47.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Portezuelo Formation, Late/Upper Turonian to Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 85.8 Ma)
• Originally described as from the Bajo de La Carpa Formation, but now known to come from the Portuzuelo Formation (Pol and Gasparini 2007)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coarse-grained, red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: Z. Gasparini, L. M. Chiappe, and M. Fernandez. 1991. A new Senonian peirosaurid (Crocodylomorpha) from Argentina and a synopsis of the South American Cretaceous crocodilians. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(3):316-333 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36947: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 19.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Lomasuchus palpebrosus n. gen. n. sp.
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