La Colonia (LC 233/23 and LC 96/24) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

Also known as Karen 109

Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.0° S, 67.6° W: paleocoordinates 45.2° S, 56.0° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: La Colonia Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

• Titanosaur scapula and a Meiolaniforme skull

Collected by Karen Panzeri in 2023-2024; reposited in the MEF

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• The fossil were discovered in February 2023, and a year later were collected.

Primary reference: D. Pol, E. Vlachos, and F. Aspromonte. 2023. The end of the dinosaur era in Patagonia (NatGeo Project). [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231754: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Franco Aspromonte on 01.09.2023

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
Scapula
 Testudinata -
Meiolaniformes indet. Sterli and de la Fuente 2013 turtle
Plates and skull