Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.5° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° S, 49.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Neuquén Group), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. d.e. Lapparent de Broin and M. S. de la Fuente. 2001. Oldest world Chelidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira), from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 333:463-470 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128567: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 11.06.2012

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