Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.0° S, 68.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° S, 49.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• formation assignment questionable, may be Anacleto Fm.; Río Colorado Subgroup
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by F. Romero, S. Roth in 1887, 1891, 1895-1896, 1910-1920; reposited in the MLP
Primary reference: R. Lydekker. 1893. Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. I. — The dinosaurs of Patagonia. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 2:1-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51569: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Theropoda indet. theropod | |
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Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid MLP.Ly.1 (removed from holotype; "a titanosaurid closely related to Titanosaurus")
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"Titanosaurus australis n. sp." = Neuquensaurus australis, Microcoelus patagonicus n. gen. n. sp.
"Titanosaurus australis n. sp." = Neuquensaurus australis Lydekker 1893 saltasaurine MLP.Ly.2/3/4/5/6
Microcoelus patagonicus n. gen. n. sp. Lydekker 1893 saltasaurine MLP.Ly.23, anterior dorsal vertebra (holotype)
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"Titanosaurus" nanus n. sp.
"Titanosaurus" nanus n. sp. Lydekker 1893 sauropod MLP Ly 18/19, incomplete cervical and dorsal vertebrae
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