Also known as Argentinosaurus type
Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.9° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° S, 46.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Huincul Formation (Neuquén Group), Late/Upper Cenomanian to Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 89.8 Ma)
• Rio Limay Subgroup
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Heredia, Romero, Bonaparte, & Vince in 1980-1989
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
• collected by F. Romero et al. 1980, Bonaparte & Vince 1989
Primary reference: J. F. Bonaparte and R. A. Coria. 1993. Un nuevo y gigantesco saurópodo titanosaurio de la Formación Rio Limay (Albanio-Cenomaniano) de la Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina [A new and huge titanosaur sauropod from the Rio Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian) of Neuquén Province, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 30(3):271-282 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/F. Aspromonte]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51981: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.07.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Argentinosaurus huinculensis n. gen. n. sp.
Argentinosaurus huinculensis n. gen. n. sp. Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod |