Where: Boyacá, Colombia (5.7° N, 73.6° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° N, 43.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Paja Formation, Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
• Upper Aptian part of Paja Formation
Environment/lithology: marine; concretionary, ferruginous carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Bogota University in 1977
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: O. Hampe. 1992. Ein großwüchsiger Pliosauride (Reptilia: Plesiosauria) aus der Unterkreide (oberes Aptium) von Kolumbien. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 145:1-25 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127411: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 12.05.2012, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Kronosaurus boyacensis n. gen. n. sp.
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