ammonites
Quebrada Norte quarry, Paso de las Bardas (FL1) (Cretaceous to of Argentina)

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (37.0° S, 69.6° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° S, 48.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Portezuelo Formation (Neuquén Group), Late/Upper Turonian to Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 85.8 Ma)

• Río Neuquén Subgroup

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; intraclastic, red mudstone

• floodplain and overbank deposits; a variously drained, low-gradient floodplain
• "red massive mudstones (~ 0.1-10 m) with gray mottles and scarce pelitic clasts"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by B. González Riga in 2005

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: B. J. González Riga, E. Previtera, and C. A. Pirrone. 2009. Malarguesaurus florenciae gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosauriform (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mendoza, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 30(1):135-148 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86485: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 03.02.2009