Banco de Misioneros (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (49.5° S, 68.6° W: paleocoordinates 50.1° S, 63.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Santa Cruz Formation, Santacrucian (17.5 - 16.3 Ma)

• Santa Cruz beds

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•This collecgtion had a Langhian age assigned.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• fluvial influence, transgressive, shallow, coastal plain

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. P. Moreno. 1882. Patagonia resto de un antiguo continente hoy sumerjido. Contributions al Estudio de las Collecciones del Museo Antropologico y Arqueologico 1882:1-37 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88200: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Palaeobalaena bergi n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeobalaena bergi n. gen. n. sp. Moreno 1882 whale