Where: La Rioja, Argentina (30.0° S, 68.1° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° S, 31.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Los Colorados Formation (Agua de la Peña Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• upper part of formation; formation is considered to be latest Triassic in age
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; red siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1986; reposited in the MACN
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: J. F. Bonaparte and J. A. Pumares. 1995. Notas sobre el primer craneo de Riojasaurus incertus (Dinosauria, Prosauropoda, Melanorosauridae) del Triasico Superior de La Rioja, Argentina [Notes on the first skull and jaws of Riojasaurus incertus (Dinosauria, Prosauropoda, Melanorosauridae), Late Triassic of La Rioja, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 32(4):341-349 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58569: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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