Also known as Pampa de Gan Gan
Where: Chubut, Argentina (42.5° S, 68.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° S, 62.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sarmiento Formation, Colhuehuapian (21.0 - 17.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by Rusconi?, Fleagle, Soria in the 1930s, 1980s; reposited in the MACN
• There was an MACN-SUNY expedition in the 1980s led by J.G. Fleagle and M.F. Soria, but material had been collected earlier and described by Rusconi.
Primary reference: M. G. Vucetich, A. G. Kramarz, and A. M. Candela. 2010. Colhuehuapian rodents from Gran Barranca and other Patagonian localities: the state of the art. 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 206-219 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176270: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 05.02.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Soriamys ganganensis n. sp.3
Soriamys ganganensis n. sp.3 Kramarz 2001 caviomorph Holotype: MACN CH 1765, a complete skull with articulated jaw. MACN CH 1766, an anterior portion of skull with complete upper dentition; MACN CH 606, a complete palate with the dentition and CNP PV 1988-3, a portion of a right jaw with mland m2.
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Australoprocta fleaglei Kramarz 1998 caviomorph | |
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Willidewu estaparius caviomorph | |
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Caviocricetus lucasi Vucetich and Verzi 1996 caviomorph | |
Tremacebus harringtoni n. gen. n. sp.2
Tremacebus harringtoni n. gen. n. sp.2 Rusconi 1933 monkey Rusconi No. 661, partial skull, holotype. Ref. 58230 adds MACN-CH 354, left dentary with part of p4 and m1, from Sacanana Locality (see also ref 71005)
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