Puesto Morales, La Picaza (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.6° S, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.6° S, 35.2° W)

• 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

• alluvial deposits

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae
Zapalasaurus bonapartei n. gen. n. sp.
Zapalasaurus bonapartei n. gen. n. sp. Salgado et al. 2006 sauropod
Pv-6127-MOZ