Where: Río Negro, Argentina (38.8° S, 68.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° S, 52.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Anacleto Formation (Neuquén Group), Early/Lower Campanian to Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Río Colorado Subgroup

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; red siltstone and yellow sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1998

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• MCS 5 is one individual, MCS 6 and 9 are from second individual. Other associated specimens (7,8,10) are unclear on number of individuals.

Primary reference: L. Salgado and J. O. Calvo. 1999. Nuevos restos de Saltasaurinae (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) en el Cretácico Superior de Río Negro [New remains of Saltasaurinae (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) in the Upper Cretaceous of Río Negro]. XIV Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Neuquén y Plaza Huincul, 18 al 20 de mayo de 1998, Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 36(1):108 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55740: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 03.11.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano

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