PBDB Collection

Coy Inlet (Miocene of Argentina)

Also known as Boca del Coyle, Río Coyle, Puerto Coyle

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.0° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 51.6° S, 63.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Santa Cruz Formation, Santacrucian (17.5 - 16.3 Ma)

• Novo et al 2018: Santa Cruz Formation, late-early Miocene (Burdigalian Age) (see Marshall 1976; Tauber 1997; Buffetaut 2014), approximately 16.1-16.5 Ma (Fleagle et al. 2012) (Fig. 1).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by C. Ameghino, J.B. Hatcher, B. Brown, E.S. Riggs & Tournouër

Primary reference: S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, and M. S. Bargo. 2012. Background for a paleoecological study of the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene) on the Atlantic Coast of Patagonia. In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 1-22 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176576: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 17.02.2016, edited by Miranta Kouvari and Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
Anseriformes -	Brontornis burmeisteri³ Brontornis burmeisteri³ Moreno and Mercerat 1891 waterfowl MNHN 1902-6, incomplete mandible
Mammalia
Cingulata - Peltephilidae	Peltephilus pumilus⁹ Peltephilus pumilus⁹ Ameghino 1887 edentate YPM-VPPU 15391
Cingulata - Chlamyphoridae	Prozaedyus sp.⁹, Prozaedyus proximus⁹ Prozaedyus sp.⁹ Ameghino 1891 edentate YPM-VPPU 15604, skull and humerus Prozaedyus proximus⁹ Ameghino 1887 edentate YPM-VPPU 15567, skull and pes
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	"Proeutatus lagena" = Eutatus lagena⁹ "Proeutatus lagena" = Eutatus lagena⁹ Ameghino 1887 armadillo YPM-VPPU 15613, skull, mandible, postskeleton
Theriamorpha -	Stegotherium tauberi⁹ Stegotherium tauberi⁹ Gonzalez and Scilalto-Yané 2008 edentate YPM-VPPU 15566, skull and postcrania ("Coy Inlet?") see also ref 70052
Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae	Hapalops sp.¹ Hapalops sp.¹ Ameghino 1887 edentate YPM-VPPU 15005, incomplete postcranial skeleton; YPM-VPPU 15813, scapula; YPM-VPPU 15264, mandible and postcrania
Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae	Astrapotherium sp.⁵, Astrapotherium magnum⁵ Astrapotherium sp.⁵ Burmeister 1879 placental MLP 38-X-30-1, partial skull Astrapotherium magnum⁵ Owen 1853 placental FMNH P14259, skull and jaw
Notoungulata - Interatheriidae	Protypotherium praerutilum⁴, "Interatherium robustum" = Interatherium extensus⁴, Interatherium excavatum⁴ Protypotherium praerutilum⁴ Ameghino 1887 notoungulate YPM-VPPU 15386, cranium, mandible, humerus, femur, tibia "Interatherium robustum" = Interatherium extensus⁴ Fernández et al. 2023 notoungulate YPM-VPPU 15293, cranium Interatherium excavatum⁴ Ameghino 1889 notoungulate YPM-VPPU 15043, cranium and mandible
Notoungulata - Toxodontidae	Adinotherium ovinum⁴, Nesodon imbricatus⁴ Adinotherium ovinum⁴ Owen 1846 notoungulate YPM-VPPU 1531, humerus, ulna, femur, tibia Nesodon imbricatus⁴ Owen 1846 notoungulate YPM-VPPU 15215, cranium, mandible; 15967, femur, tibia
Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae	Thoatherium minusculum⁴, Diadiaphorus majusculus⁴, "Tetramerorhinus mixtum" = Proterotherium australe⁴ Thoatherium minusculum⁴ Ameghino 1887 placental YPM-VPPU 15240, cranium; 15714, mandible; 15719, mandible; 15724, cranium Diadiaphorus majusculus⁴ Ameghino 1887 placental YPM-VPPU 15799, mandible "Tetramerorhinus mixtum" = Proterotherium australe⁴ Burmeister 1879 placental YPM-VPPU 15017, humerus, ulna
Primates - Homunculidae	Homunculus patagonicus⁷ Homunculus patagonicus⁷ Ameghino 1891 monkey MNHN.F.SCZ215 is labeled as “Homunculus // Coyle 1902-6”
Sparassodonta -	Cladosictis patagonica⁶ Cladosictis patagonica⁶ Ameghino 1887 metatherian PU 15704 = CMNH 2893, dentary p2-m4
Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae	Borhyaena tuberata⁸ Borhyaena tuberata⁸ Ameghino 1887 metatherian FMNH 13253, 13266; USNM 15701
Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae	Acdestis oweni² Acdestis oweni² Ameghino 1887 marsupial

¹Bargo et al. 2012; ²Bown and Fleagle 1993; ³Buffetaut 2014; ⁴Cassini et al. 2012; ⁵MacPhee et al. 2021; ⁶Marshall 1981; ⁷Novo et al. 2018; ⁸Prevosti et al. 2012; ⁹Vizcaíno et al. 2012