Palmitas station (Cretaceous of Uruguay)

Where: Soriano, Uruguay (33.5° S, 57.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° S, 44.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Asencio Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Mones. 1980. Nuevos elementos de la paleoherpetofauna del Uruguay (Crocodilia y Dinosauria) [New elements of the paleoherpetofauna of Uruguay (Crocodilia and Dinosauria)]. Actas II Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia y I Congreso Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires 1:265-277 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65256: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 20.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Faveoloolithidae
Sphaerovum erbeni Mones 1980 sauropod
MNHN-DP 713