Where: Neuquén, Argentina (38.6° S, 68.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° S, 48.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sierra Barrosa Formation (Neuquén Group), Middle Coniacian to Middle Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. Moyano, J. O. Calvo in 1999
• orig. discovered by a local boy, Rafael Moyano
Primary reference: J. O. Calvo, J. D. Porfiri, and F. E. Novas. 2005. Un gigantesco Eugiuanodontia (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) con delgadas placas en el región torácica, Cretácico Tardío, Patagonia [A gigantic Euiguanodontia (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with thin plates in the thoracic regon, Late Cretaceous, Patagonia]. In A. W. A. Kellner, D. D. R. Henriques, and T. Rodrigues (eds.), II Congresso Latino-Americano de Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Boletim de Resumos. Museum Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro 62 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55444: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.10.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Macrogryphosaurus gondwanicus n. gen. n. sp.
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