Cerro La Torre site, Paso de las Bardas (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (37.0° S, 69.6° W: paleocoordinates 42.4° S, 49.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Los Bastos Formation (Neuquén Group), Early/Lower Coniacian to Early/Lower Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

• RLos Bastos Formation based on González Riga et al. (2016)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. González Riga in 2005

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: B. J. González Riga, E. Previtera, and C. A. Pirrone. 2009. Malarguesaurus florenciae gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosauriform (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 30(1):135-148 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86489: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.02.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Malarguesaurus florenciae González Riga et al. 2009 Malargüe lizard
IANIGLA-PV 111, 2 distal caudals, incomplete fibula