Also known as "Notohipidense" horizon of Ameghino
Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (50.1° S, 71.8° W: paleocoordinates 50.8° S, 66.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Santa Cruz Formation, Santacrucian (17.5 - 16.3 Ma)
• Type locality of Ameghino's "Notohippidense" stage.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by C. Ameghino
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 176596: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 17.02.2016, edited by Kateryn Pino and Miranta Kouvari
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Acaremys karaikensis n. sp." = Acaremys murinus1 Ameghino 1887 caviomorph MACN A 1885, poorly preserved skull
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Vetelia puncta n. sp.3
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"Proviverra trouessarti n. sp." = Cladosictis patagonica5
"Proviverra trouessarti n. sp." = Cladosictis patagonica5 Ameghino 1887 metatherian MACN 2079, partial skull, holotype; MACN 2080, dentary, cotype and probably same individual
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