Arroyo Yaminué, Cerro Blanco (sandstone) (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Where: Río Negro, Argentina (40.5° S, 66.6° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° S, 52.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Allen Formation (Malargüe Group), Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, yellow sandstone

• "yellowish gray sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: T. Manera de Bianco. 2000. Nuevas observaciones acerca de las cascaras de huevo de dinosaurio del Cretácico Superior del Cerro Blanco, Yaminue, Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [New observations on the dinosaur eggshells from the Upper Cretaceous of Cerro Blanco, Yaminue, Río Negro province, Argentina]. Actas XVI Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrado, San Luis, Argentina 18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52910: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.08.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Faveoloolithidae
Faveoloolithidae indet. Zhao and Ding 1976 sauropod
 Ornithischia - Spheroolithidae
Spheroolithidae indet. Zhao 1979 ornithopod