Where: Río Negro, Argentina (38.7° S, 67.9° W: paleocoordinates 41.2° S, 56.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Roca Formation (Malargue Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• Lower section
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Museo de Cinco Saltos
Primary reference: P. Bona, S. Heredia, and M. Fuente. 2009. Tortugas continentales (Pleurodira: Chelidae) en la Formación Roca (Daniano), provincia de Río Negro, Argentina [Continental turtles (Pleurodira: Chelidae) from the Roca Formation (Danian), Río Negro Province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 46(2):255-262 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 141238: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 21.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Yaminuechelys cf. maior Staesche 1929 sideneck turtle MCS-PV 113-145 (postcranial remains, mainly portions of plastron and carapace)
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