El Ministerio Quarry, Los Catutos (Jurassic to of Argentina)

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.8° S, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 32.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Windhauseniceras internispinosum ammonoid zone, Los Catutos Member (Vaca Muerta Formation), Middle Tithonian to Middle Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• Shallow sea (10-30 m) no more than 100 km from the eastern coast of the Neuquen Basin

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

• MOZ: Museo de la Direccion Provincial de Mineria, "Prof. Dr. Juan Olsacher,", Zapala, Neuquen

Primary reference: Z. Gasparini, H. Leanza, and I. Garate Zubillaga. 1987. Un pterosaurio de las calizas litográficas tithonianas del área de Los Catutos, Neuquén, Argentina. Ameghiniana 24(1-2):141-143 [R. Butler/R. Butler/F. Aspromonte]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92122: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 02.11.2009, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Pterosauria -
Wenupteryx uzi n. gen. n. sp.1, Wenupteryx uzi1
Wenupteryx uzi n. gen. n. sp.1 Codorniú and Gasparini 2013 pterosaur
MOZ 3625P, partial postcranial skeleton
Wenupteryx uzi1 Codorniú and Gasparini 2013 pterosaur
MOZ 2280P, right tibia
 Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Cricosaurus lithographicus n. sp.2 Herrera et al. 2013 marine crocodile
MOZ-PV 5787 - type (a complete skull with articulated lower jaws, dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, pectoral girdle element, incomplete forelimb, pelvic girdle elements and an incomplete hind limb)