Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.0° S, 57.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.0° S, 56.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Vorohué Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Upper level of Vorohue Formation
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•VorohuĂ© Formation, Marplatan Age/Stage, Vorohuean Subage/Substage (late Pliocene).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Berta. 1983. A new species of small cat (Felidae) from the late Pliocene-early Pleistocene (Uquian) of Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 64(4):720-725 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13907: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 02.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Felis vorohuensis n. sp." = Leopardus vorohuensis
"Felis vorohuensis n. sp." = Leopardus vorohuensis Berta 1983 cat |