Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.3° S, 68.0° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° S, 58.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vacan zone, Sarmiento Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Sarmiento Formation, Vacan SALMA (a subdivision of the Casamayoran SALMA), middle Eocene (Woodburne et al. 2014).

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•Located in upper half of Cañadón Vaca section I in a layer of "ylw. impure tuff and clay, some Mn." (Cifelli 1985).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: permineralized

Reposited in the MACN

Primary reference: R. Cifelli. 1985. Biostratigraphy of the Casamayoran, Early Eocene of Patagonia. American Museum Novitates 2820:1-26 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176171: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 30.01.2016

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