Río Sehuen [PROXY] (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Also known as Rîo Shehuen

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (49.6° S, 69.6° W: paleocoordinates 55.8° S, 48.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mata Amarilla Formation, Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the MACN

Primary reference: F. E. Novas, R. D. Martínez, S. De Valais and A. Ambrosio. 1999. Nuevos registros de Carcharodontosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) en el Cretácico de Patagonia [New records of Carcharodontosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda) in the Cretaceous of Patagonia]. XV Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 36(4 (suppl.)):17R [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219613: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.04.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Carcharodontosauridae indet. Stromer 1931 allosauroid
tooth
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
"remains of enormous sauropods"