Sierra de Mal Paso (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Where: Jujuy, Argentina (23.3° S, 65.5° W: paleocoordinates 25.9° S, 52.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lecho Formation (Salta Group), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. F. Bonaparte

Primary reference: J. F. Bonaparte, J. A. Salfity, G. Bossi and J. E. Powell. 1977. Hallazgo de dinosaurios y aves cretacicas en la Formación Lecho de El Brete (Salta), proximo al limite con Tucumán [Discovery of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds in the Lecho Formation of El Brete (Salta), near the border with Tucumán]. Acta Geològica Lilloana 14:5-17 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 168418: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.04.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -