Also known as Las Cortaderas
Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.1° S, 69.3° W: paleocoordinates 45.8° S, 46.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Huincul Formation (Neuquén Group), Late/Upper Cenomanian to Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 89.8 Ma)
• Río Limay Subgroup
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
• "...bone surfaces are frequently weathered and individual elements exhibit differential compaction...All elements were found disarticulated and were subject to a complex taphonomic history of decomposition, trampling, reworking, and final burial"
Collected by R. Coria et al. in 1996-2001
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: R. A. Coria and P. J. Currie. 1997. A new theropod from the Río Limay Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3, suppl.):40A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55351: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.10.2005, edited by Kaitlin Maguire
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mapusaurus roseae n. gen. n. sp.
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