Also known as The Naze, locality 3
Where: Antarctica (63.9° S, 57.5° W: paleocoordinates 62.3° S, 68.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cape Lamb Member (Snow Hill Island Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• lower part of member. Although "associated with" plesiosaur bones and invertebrates, the stratigraphic chart in Fig. 1 indicates these are from lower levels than the ornithopod.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; concretionary, green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. Lirio, H. Nuñez, M. Motta, F. Novas in the 2000s
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: S. Rozadilla, F. L. Agnolin, F. E. Novas, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, M. J. Motta, J. M. Lirio, and M. P. Isasi. 2016. A new ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica and its palaeobiogeographical implications. Cretaceous Research 57:311-324 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176012: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.01.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Morrosaurus antarcticus n. gen. n. sp.
Morrosaurus antarcticus n. gen. n. sp. Rozadilla et al. 2016 ornithopod MACN Pv 19777, partial hind limb
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