Northeast of Cinco Saltos (Paleocene of Argentina)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
Chelidae indet. Gray 1825 sideneck turtle
MCS-PV 146 (three fragments of vertebrae)
Yaminuechelys cf. maior Staesche 1929 sideneck turtle
MCS-PV 113-145 (postcranial remains, mainly portions of plastron and carapace)