Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.0° S, 58.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.0° S, 56.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chapadmalal Formation, Chapadmalalan (4.0 - 3.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: G. G. Simpson. 1972. Didelphidae from the Chapadmalal formation in the Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales of Mar del Plata. Mar del Plata: Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales 2(1):1-40 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14175: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 21.05.2002, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Platygonus marplatensis n. sp.
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Didelphis reigi n. sp.
Didelphis reigi n. sp. large American opossum |