Also known as Fauna Rio Quinto

Where: San Luis, Argentina (33.5° S, 65.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° S, 64.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chapadmalalense mammal zone, Río Quinto Formation, Chapadmalalan (4.0 - 3.0 Ma)

• The deposits are also known as "Estratos Calchaquies".

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•Regarding the Río Quinto Formation, Prado et al. (1998) describe a Neogene–Quaternary profile downstream of the Paso de las Carretas dam and provide the first systematic work on fossil mammals from the highest stratigraphic levels, considering them of Chapadmalalan age (Pliocene). In addition, Morla et al., 1999, Costa et al., 2002, and Ojeda and Chiesa (2004) offer detailed stratigraphic descriptions of different profiles in the study area.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; massive, red, yellow siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1993- 1995

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Fossils collected in November 1993 and september 1995

•Repositories: Departamento de Geología y Minería de la Universidad Nacional de San

•Luis

Primary reference: J. L. Prado, J. Chiesa, G. Tognelli, E. Cerdeño, and E. Strasser. 1998. Los mamiferos de la Formacion Rio Quinto (Plioceno), provincia de San Luis (Argentina). Aspectos bioestratigraficos, zoogeograficos y paleoambientales. Estudios Geologicos 54:153-160 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 152073: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Maria Vallejo on 05.11.2013

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