Also known as Villa El Chocón

Where: Río Negro, Argentina (39.3° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° S, 45.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Candeleros Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• The levels where the specimen MMCH-PV 73 was collected corresponds to the upper levels of the Candeleros Formation, near the south coast of the Ezequiel Ramos Mexía lake

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), ,

• The material described herein is housed in the Museo Municipal de Villa El Chocón Ernesto Bachmann, in the town of Villa El Chocón, Neuquén Province, Argentina

Primary reference: I. J. Maniel, M. S. de la Fuente, and J. I. Canale. 2021. The first Cearachelyini (Pelomedusoides, Bothremydidae) turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, and an overview of the occurrence and diversity of Pelomedusoides in Patagonia. Cretaceous Research 125:1-13 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219994: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 29.04.2021

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