Cerro Belgrano (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
"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