Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (50.2° S, 72.4° W: paleocoordinates 51.0° S, 66.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• 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 176597: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 17.02.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Brontornis burmeisteri1 Moreno and Mercerat 1891 waterfowl MLP 20-88, left femur and tibiotarsus; MLP 20-91, left tarsometatarsus
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