Also known as Vallecillosaurus donrobertoi type locality
Where: Nuevo León, Mexico (26.8° N, 100.1° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 69.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Vallecillo Platy Limestone Member (Agua Nueva Formation), Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: K. T. Smith and M.-C. Buchy. 2008. A new aigialosaur (Squamata: Anguimorpha) with soft tissue remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Nuevo León, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(1):85-94 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 115406: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.09.2011, edited by Jonathan Tennant and Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Chelonia indet." = Testudines2
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Vallecillosaurus donrobertoi n. gen. n. sp.
Vallecillosaurus donrobertoi n. gen. n. sp. Smith and Buchy 2008 squamates UANL-FCT-R27 - holotype - posterior half of axial skeleton with much of tail and left pelvic appendage (on the main part), and two partial sections of the tail (broken counterpart)
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