Where: Antarctica (64.3° S, 56.7° W: paleocoordinates 62.6° S, 67.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: KlB 9 Member (López de Bertodano Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• 50 m below contact with Unit KlB 10
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Santillana in 1996; reposited in the MLP
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: T. H. Rich, P. Vickers-Rich, M. Fernandez and S. Santillana. 1999. A probable hadrosaur from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. In Y. Tomida, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium, National Science Museum Monographs 15:219-222 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 51962: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.07.2005, edited by Graeme Lloyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Weddellonectia indet. O'Gorman and Coria 2017 elasmosaur MLP 14-I-20-16, 12 cervical vertebrae, three pectoral vertebrae, 11 dorsal vertebrae, one sacral vertebra, 11 caudal vertebrae, right femur, tibia, fibula and mesopodial elements, fragments of pectoral and pelvic girdles and gastroliths
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