Neuquenraptor type, Sierra del Portezuelo [MCF]: Late Turonian - Early Coniacian, Argentina
collected 1996

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Titanosauridae
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885
Novas and Pol 2005 1 individual
Neuquenraptor found within ribcage of this sauropod
Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Maniraptora indet. Gauthier 1986
1 individual
MCF PVPH 77 (1 measurement)
    = Neuquenraptor argentinus n. gen., n. sp. Novas and Pol 2005
Novas and Pol 2005
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Neuquén
Coordinates: 38.9° South, 69.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.8° South, 48.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Turonian - Coniacian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Late Turonian - Early Coniacian
Age range of interval: 93.9 - 86.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Neuquén Formation:Portezuelo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1996
Metadata
Database number:48174
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-15 13:54:41 Last modified:2024-07-30 20:18:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-15 13:54:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

14755.ETE F. E. Novas, G. Cladera, and P. Puerta. 1996. New theropods from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3, suppl.):56A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

89085 F. Brissón Egli, A. Aranciaga Rolando, F. Agnolin and F. Novas. 2017. Osteology of the unenlagiid theropod Neuquenraptor argentinus from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(3):549–562 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
49276 F. A. Gianechini, P. J. Makovicky, and S. Apesteguía. 2011. The teeth of the unenlagiine theropod Buitreraptor from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina, and the unusual dentition of the Gondwanan dromaeosaurids. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(2):279-290 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78231 F. A. Goianechini and S. Apesteguía. 2011. Unenlagiinae revisited: dromaeosaurid theropods from South America. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83(1):163-195 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
12706ETE F. E. Novas and D. Pol. 2005. New evidence on deinonychosaurian dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Nature 433:858-861 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]