Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.2° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° S, 49.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• Rîo Colorado Subgroup; "No detailed stratigraphic column of this site is known."

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F. Poblete in 1999

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• sauropod tails (2) found 200 m away from braincase

Primary reference: J. O. Calvo and A. W. A. Kellner. 2006. Description of a sauropod dinosaur braincase (Titanosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous Río Colorado Subgroup, Patagonia. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 78(1):175-182 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58749: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.02.2006

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