Also known as Hermosense Tipico FM Facies

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (39.0° S, 61.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.1° S, 60.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Montehermosan mammal zone, Monte Hermoso Formation, Montehermosan (5.0 - 3.8 Ma)

• The overbank deposits display a wide lateral extension in the

•abrasion platform and the lower part of the cliff; and include the Fl

•and Fm facies. These levels are equivalent to the “Hermosense

•típico” of Vignati (1925) and Bonaparte (1960), the “Unidad A” of

•Fidalgo et al. (1975), and “Unidad Litoestratigráfica I” of Fidalgo and

•Tonni (1982)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; brown, red breccia

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: trace

Collection methods: All the materials are housed in the Museo

•Municipal de Ciencias Naturales “Carlos Darwin” (Punta Alta,

•Buenos Aires), under the acronym MD-FM.

Primary reference: R. L. Tomassini, C. I. Montalvo, C.M. Deschamps and T. Manera. 2013. Biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene) at its type locality, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 48:31-42 [C. Jaramillo/M. Vallejo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152084: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Maria Vallejo on 06.11.2013

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