Lago Mari Menuco [MUCP] (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

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
 Ornithischia -
Macrogryphosaurus gondwanicus n. gen. n. sp. Calvo et al. 2007 ornithopod
MUCPv-321