Ruta Provincial N° 59 (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (42.8° S, 68.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° S, 62.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Colhuehuapian (21.0 - 17.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the MLP

Primary reference: F. Goin, A. Abello, E. Bellosi, R. Kay, R. Madden and A. Carlini. 2007. Los Metatheria sudamericanos de comienzos del Neógeno (Mioceno Temprano, Edad-mamí­fero Colhuehuapense). Parte I: Introducción, Didelphimorphia y Sparassodonta. Ameghiniana 44(1):29-71 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176459: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 13.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae
Acrocyon riggsi Sinclair 1930 metatherian
MLP 85-II-1-1, right mandibular fragment with p3-m3