Vereda Arrayan (Cretaceous to of Colombia)

Also known as Sachicasaurus-type locality

Where: Boyacá, Colombia (5.6° N, 73.5° W: paleocoordinates 3.5° N, 42.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Arcillolitas Abigarradas Member (Paja Formation), Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. E. Páramo-Fonseca, C. D. Benavides-Cabra, and I. E. Gutiérrez. 2018. A new large pliosaurid from the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Sáchica, Boyacá, Colombia. Earth Sciences Research Journal 22(4):223-238 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209707: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 12.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Sachicasaurus vitae n. gen. n. sp.
Sachicasaurus vitae n. gen. n. sp. Páramo-Fonseca et al. 2018 plesiosaur
MP111209-1