Also known as Yaguarasaurus columbianus referred
Where: Huila, Colombia (2.8° N, 75.5° W: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 52.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: La Frontera Member (Villeta Formation), Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• 6 metres higher in the section than the holotype of Yaguarasaurus columbianus
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. E. Páramo-Fonseca. 2000. Yaguarasaurus columbianus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae), a primitive mosasaur from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Colombia. Historical Biology 14(1-2):121-131 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/F. Aspromonte]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122680: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Yaguarasaurus columbianus Páramo 1994 mosasaur MP-1 (frontal, a fragment of a vertebra and another fragment of an angular)
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