5 miles south of Coy Inlet: Santacrucian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Paucituberculata
- Palaeothentidae
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Acdestis oweni
Ameghino 1887
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Bown and Fleagle 1993 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Sparassodonta
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Acrocyon sectorius
Ameghino 1887
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Prevosti et al. 2012 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Santa Cruz |
| Coordinates: | 51.1° South, 69.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.7° South, 63.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Santacrucian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 17.40000 - 16.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Santa Cruz |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 8 km south of Coy Inlet | ||
| Database number: | 176580 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Zijlstra, G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 27313 | ||
| Created: | 2016-02-17 21:50:33 | Last modified: | 2016-02-17 21:50:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-17 21:50:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58167. | S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, and M. S. Bargo. 2012. Background for a paleoecological study of the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene) on the Atlantic Coast of Patagonia. In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 1-22 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] |
Secondary references:
| 73037 | T. M. Bown and J. G. Fleagle. 1993. Systematics, Biostratigraphy, and Dental Evolution of the Palaeothentidae, Later Oligocene to Early-Middle Miocene (Deseadan-Santacrucian) Caenolestoid Marsupials of South America. Memoir (The Paleontological Society) 29:1-76 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] | |
| 58202 | F. J. Prevosti, A. M. Forasiepi, M. D. Ercoli and G. F. Turazzini. 2012. Paleoecology of the mammalian carnivores (Metatheria, Sparassodonta) of the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 173-193 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] |