La Amarga (site 4) (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.5° S, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.5° S, 35.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Puesto Antigual Member (La Amarga Formation), Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• "Continental nearshore environment"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. F. Bonaparte in 1984-1986; reposited in the MACN

Primary reference: S. B. Montanelli. 1987. Presencia de Pterosauria (Reptilia) en la Formación La Amarga (Hauteriviano–Barremiano), Neuquén, Argentina [Presence of Pterosauria (Reptilia) in the La Amarga Formation (Hauterivian-Barremian), Neuquén, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 24(1-2):109-113 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86345: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.01.2009, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.1 Marsh 1881 theropod
tooth
 Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae
Rebbachisaurinae indet.2 Wilson and Allain 2015 sauropod
MACN PV N35
 Pterosauria -
Pterodactyloidea indet. Plieninger 1901 pterosaur
MACN-N-02, incomplete right femur