Mina Quilico (Jurassic of Argentina)

Also known as Chos Malal

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (37.5° S, 70.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° S, 32.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tordillo Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• formation includes fluvial and aeolian sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. A. García, L. Salgado, and R. A. Coria. 2002. Primeros restos de un saurópodo en el Jurásico Superior de la Cuenca Neuquina [First remains of a sauropod in the Upper Jurassic of the Neuquén Basin]. Ameghiniana 39(4, suppl.):11R [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 68150: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Eusauropoda indet. Upchurch 1995 sauropod
"basal eusauropod"; juvenile knee joint