Paso Córdova [Bajo de la Carpa] (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Also known as Paso Córdoba, Cordoba

Where: Río Negro, Argentina (39.1° S, 67.6° W: paleocoordinates 43.7° S, 48.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Río Colorado Subgroup

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. F. Bonaparte in 1995-; reposited in the MACN

Primary reference: A. G. Martinelli. 2003. New cranial remains of the bizarre notosuchid Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis (Archosauria, Crocodyliformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Río Negro Province (Argentina). Ameghiniana 40(4):559-572 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84309: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 07.10.2008, edited by Philip Mannion, Evangelos Vlachos and Franco Aspromonte

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Metaceratodus kaopen n. sp.2 Apesteguia et al. 2007 lungfish
MPCN-PV 1-1 (holotype), MLP 94-XI- 1-1, complete left lower tooth plate, MPCN -PV 1 -2, anterior fragment with two ridges of a right lower tooth plate, MPCN-PV 1-3, anterior fragment with two ridges of a right upper tooth plate with cranial bone attached.
Reptilia
 Loricata - Baurusuchidae
Baurusuchidae indet.3 crocodilian
MACN Pv-RN 1150
 Loricata -
Comahuesuchus brachybuccalis Bonaparte 1991 crocodilian
P 6131 MOZ (partial skull w/artic. incomplete lower jaws)
 Theropoda - Alvarezsauridae
Achillesaurus manazzonei n. gen. n. sp.4
Achillesaurus manazzonei n. gen. n. sp.4 Martinelli and Vera 2007 coelurosaur
MACN-PV-RN 1116
 Theropoda - Noasauridae
Velocisaurus unicus1 Bonaparte 1991 ceratosaur
MPCN-PV-370, incomplete L hind limb
 Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Furileusauria indet.5 Filippi et al. 2016 ceratosaur
MACN-PV-RN 1012, isolated anterior caudal vertebra