Where: Guarico, Venezuela (9.9° S, 66.3° W: paleocoordinates 15.5° S, 38.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Querecual Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• originally assigned to Cenomanian-Turonian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Collected by G. Pardo; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Georges Pardo
Primary reference: E. H. Colbert. 1949. A new Cretaceous plesiosaur from Venezuela. American Museum Novitates 1420:1-22 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 99306: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 05.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Alzadasaurus tropicus Colbert 1949 elasmosaur |