Puesto La Rinconada (Yacimiento Gas Medanito) (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Also known as Dinilysia referred

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (37.5° S, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 53.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Anacleto Formation (Neuquén Group), Early/Lower Campanian to Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Grupo Neuquén (Cretácico Superior), Subgrupo Río Colorado, Formación Anacleto Campaniano inferior–medio. Upper third of the formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; bioturbated sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2006

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. S. Filippi and A. C. Garrido. 2012. Nuevo registro del género Dinilysia (Squamata, Serpentes) para la Formación Anacleto (Campaniano inferior–medio), Rincón de los Sauces, Neuquén, Argentina [New record of the genus Dinilysia (Squamata, Serpentes) for the Anacleto Formation (lower–middle Campanian), Rincón de los Sauces, Neuquén, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 49(1):132-136 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132353: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
Yaminuechelys aff. maior Staesche 1929 sideneck turtle
MAU-Pv-PR-455 (a partially preserved carapace, a complete plastron, remains of a sacral vertebra, eight articulated caudal vertebrae, and the pelvic girdle)
 Squamata -
Dinilysia sp. Woodward 1901 snake
MAU-Pv-PR-457 (middle-posterior precloacal vertebra)