Also known as Myobradypterygius hauthali type
Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (47.7° S, 71.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° S, 35.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Hatchericeras ammonoid zone, Rio Belgrano Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, bioturbated, green sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. Hauthal in 20th century
Primary reference: C. Rusconi. 1948. Ictiosaurios del Jurásico de Mendoza (Argentina) [Ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Mendoza (Argentina)]. Revista del Museo de Historia Natural de Mendoza 2:17-160 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97807: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 30.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Myobradypterygius hauthali n. gen. n. sp." = Platypterygius hauthali
"Myobradypterygius hauthali n. gen. n. sp." = Platypterygius hauthali von Huene 1927 ichthyosaur MLP 79-I-30-1 - holotype (left humerus and part of zeugopodium and autopodium); MLP 79-I-30-2 - referred material (slab with two different forefins on each side, four blocks with vertebral centra). The two specimens may belong to one individual
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