Also known as Elaltitan lilloi type
Where: Chubut, Argentina (46.0° S, 69.4° W: paleocoordinates 51.3° S, 49.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lago Colhué Huapi Formation (Chubut Group), Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)
• Lower part of the Lago Colhué Huapi Formation (Ibiricu et al. 2019)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. F. Bonaparte in 1976
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1978. El Mesozoico de America de Sur y sus Tetrapodos [The Mesozoic of South America and its tetrapods]. Opera Lilloana 26:1-596 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51620: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.06.2005, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Elaltitan lilloi n. gen. n. sp.1
Elaltitan lilloi n. gen. n. sp.1 Mannion and Otero 2012 sauropod PVL 4628 and MACN-CH 217 (associated partial skeleton comprising three dorsal vertebrae, two caudal vertebrae, left scapula, left humerus, left radius, both ulnae, right pubis, proximal half of right femur, distal part of left tibia, distal two-thirds of left fibula, right astragalus, and calcaneum)
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