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
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 | |
Faveoloolithidae indet. Zhao and Ding 1976 sauropod | |
Spheroolithidae indet. Zhao 1979 ornithopod |