Portezuelo Ancho (unknown croc locality) (Jurassic of Argentina)

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (35.1° S, 70.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.5° S, 18.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Toarcian (180.4 - 174.7 Ma)

• "Upper Lias" but no formation name given

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1980. Jurassic tetrapods from South America and dispersal routes. In L. L. Jacobs (ed.), Aspects of Vertebrate History: Essays in Honor of Edwin Harris Colbert 73–98 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140295: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 07.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
Steneosaurus gerthi n. sp. Huene 1927 marine crocodile
Two dorsal vertebrae