Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.7° S, 71.6° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° S, 32.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cañadón Calcáreo Formation (Sierra de Olte Group), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 2003
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: O. W. M. Rauhut, K. Remes, R. Fechner, G. Cladera, and P. Puerta. 2005. Discovery of a short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of Patagonia. Nature 435:670-672 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51287: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Brachytrachelopan mesai n. gen. n. sp.
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