GBV-43 (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.7° S, 68.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° S, 62.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Colhuehuapian mammal zone, Colhué Huapí Member (Sarmiento Formation), Colhuehuapian (21.0 - 17.5 Ma)

• level 16

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. M. Ribeiro, G. M. López, and M. Bond. 2010. The Leontiniidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Sarmiento Formation at Gran Barranca, Chubut Province, Argentina. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 170-181 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176239: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 03.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Notoungulata - Leontiniidae
Colpodon distinctus Ameghino 1902 notoungulate