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Ranquil-Co, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

Lat/Long (Decimal)	-36.3333,-69.55
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Mendoza, Argentina
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Ranquil-Co	Papú O. H. (1993)	Malargue - Loncoche		claystone	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ranquil-Co fossiliferous level 3	Gonzalez Riga B. J. (1999)	Malargue - Loncoche		sandstone	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Lepisosteidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Teleostei unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Teleostei	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Percoidei suborder	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Perciformes : Percoidei	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rajiformes order	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Rajiformes	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Leptodactylidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Leptodactylidae	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metaceratodus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Ceratodontidae : *Metaceratodus*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Plesiosauria unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sauropterygia : Plesiosauria	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Boidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Boidae	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Meiolaniformes unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudinata : Meiolaniformes	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Theropoda unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Equisetites sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Equisetaceae : *Equisetites*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Grapnelispora sp. genus	Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : *Grapnelispora*	83.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Papú O. H. (1993) Nuevos Hallasgos del Género Grapnelispora (Stover & Partridge) en la Formación Loncoche de Ranquil-Co, Cretácico Superior en la Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina, Ameghiniana 30 2, 143-147

Gonzalez Riga B. J. (1999) Hallazgo de vertebrados fósiles en la Formación Loncoche, Cretácico Superior de la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina, Ameghiniana 36, 401-410

Álvarez-Ramis C., Prámparo M., et al (2004) Estudio preliminar de paleofloras cretácicas procedentes de la base de la Formación Loncoche (Mendoza, Argentina), Coloquios de Paleontología 54, 7-14

Sterli J., de la Fuente M. S., et al (2013) A new species of meiolaniform turtle and a revision of the Late Cretaceous Meiolaniformes of South America, Ameghiniana 50 2, 240-256

de la Fuente M. S., Maniel I., et al (2016) A new large panchelid turtle (Pleurodira) from the Loncoche Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian) of the Mendoza Province (Argentina): Morphological, osteohistological studies, and a preliminary phylogenetic analysis, Cretaceous Research 69, 147-168 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.007

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