Rio Negro (Miocene of Argentina)
Where: Argentina (41.1° S, 65.2° W: paleocoordinates 41.2° S, 63.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• "Rionegrense"
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. Gondar. 1974. La presencia de cetaceos Physteridae en el Terciario Superior ("Rionegrense") de la Provincia de Rio Negro. Actas del Primer Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia 2:349-356 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 13092: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.01.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
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"Aulophyseter rionegrensis n. sp." = Cozzuoliphyseter rionegrensis
"Aulophyseter rionegrensis n. sp." = Cozzuoliphyseter rionegrensis Gondar 1974 toothed whale | |
Bivalvia | |
"Pecten patagonensis" = Chesapecten patagonensis1
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"Ostrea patagonica" = Crassostrea patagonica1, "Ostrea ferrarisi" = Crassostrea patagonica1, "Ostrea alvarezii" = Cubitostrea alvarezii1
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"Arca bonplandiana" = Potiarca bonplandiana1
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