Also known as Plesiosaurus mexicanus type locality
Where: Oaxaca, Mexico (17.3° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 13.8° N, 52.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Berriasian to Late/Upper Berriasian (145.0 - 130.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: V.-H. Reynoso. 2006. Research on fossil amphibians and reptiles in Mexico, from 1869 to early 2004 (including marine forms but excluding pterosaurs, dinosaurs, and obviously, birds). In F. J. Vega, T. G. Nyborg, M. Del Carmen Perrilliat, M. Montellano-Ballesteros, S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, S. A. Quiroz-Barroso (eds.), Studies on Mexican Paleontology 24:209-231 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144335: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 03.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Plesiosaurus mexicanus n. gen. n. sp.
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