Plottier tracksite (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Also known as Leonardi locality 19

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (31.0° S, 68.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° S, 51.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Senonian (89.3 - 66.0 Ma)

• unknown formation called the "dinosaur layer" here ("Dinosaurierschichten"); Upper Senonian/"Chubutian", possibly equivalent to Chubut Group?

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone

• "reddish sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by Bachmann in 1929

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• found in a float block

Primary reference: F. v. Huene. 1931. Verschiedene mesozoische Wirbeltierreste aus Südamerika [Different Mesozoic vertebrate remains from South America]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung A 66:181-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 64092: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 31.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
print, "bird-footed coelurosaur about the size of Loncosaurus argentinus"