Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.6° S, 70.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.4° S, 29.7° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Piedra Parada Member (La Amarga Formation), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1995-2004
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: L. Salgado, I. d. S. Carvalho, and A. C. Garrido. 2006. Zapalasaurus bonapartei, un nuevo saurópodo de La Formación La Amarga (Cretacico Inferior), noroeste de Patagonia, Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina [Zapalasaurus bonapartei, a new sauropod from the La Amarga Formation (Lower Cretaceous), northwestern Patagonia, Neuquén province, Argentina]. Géobios 39:695-707 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67218: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.11.2006
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Zapalasaurus bonapartei n. gen. n. sp.
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