Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.6° S, 69.6° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° S, 63.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Santa Cruz Formation, Santacrucian (17.5 - 16.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
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 176591: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 17.02.2016, edited by Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Theosodon garrettorum n. sp.2 placental YPM-VPPU 15164, mandible, humerus, ulna, femur, tibia (holotype) ("Güer Aike Department")
"Theosodon lallemanti" = Theosodon lydekkeri2 Ameghino 1887 placental YPM-VPPU 15216, humerus and tibia
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"Interatherium robustum" = Interatherium extensus2 Fernández et al. 2023 notoungulate YPM-VPPU 15041, femur, tibia
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Planops magnus n. sp.1
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