La Colonia (LC 154/24) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Also known as Toto 178

Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.0° S, 67.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.2° S, 55.9° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: La Colonia Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

• Plesiosaur vertebra, some Yaminuechelys plates, a fish mandible, two Dipnoi dental plates

Collected by Franco Aspromonte in 2/20/2024; reposited in the MEF

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: D. Pol, E. Vlachos, and F. Aspromonte. 2023. The end of the dinosaur era in Patagonia (NatGeo Project). [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 233980: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Franco Aspromonte on 11.03.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Mandible
Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi -
Dipnoi indet. lungfish
Dental plates
Reptilia
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauria indet. plesiosaur
Vertebra
 Testudines - Chelidae
cf. Yaminuechelys indet. de la Fuente et al. 2001 sideneck turtle
Plates