Oiteiro 28 (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: Brazil (10.9° S, 37.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.0° S, 14.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. Bengtson and J. Lindgren. 2005. First record of the mosasaur Platecarpus Cope, 1869 from South America and its systematic implications. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 8(1):5-12 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142100: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 05.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Platecarpus sp. Cope 1869 mosasaur
MN 6940-V, isolated tooth crown