Bajo del Añelo [Candeleros Fm.] (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.4° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 46.5° S, 45.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• upper section of Fm.; Río Limay Subgroup

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: salvage, mechanical,

• discovered during blasting for gas pipeline by Gasoducto del Pacifico Company

Primary reference: J. O. Calvo, K. Moreno, and D. Rubilar. 1999. Report of a new theropod dinosaur from northwestern Patagonia. XV Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 36(4, suppl.):7R [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49409: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.04.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Ekrixinatosaurus novasi n. gen. n. sp.
Ekrixinatosaurus novasi n. gen. n. sp. Calvo et al. 2004 ceratosaur
MUCPv-294