Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.2° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 51.8° S, 63.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• 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: J. C. Fernicola and A. Albino. 2012. Amphibians and squamate reptiles from the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina: paleoenvironmental and paleobiological considerations. In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 129-137 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176600: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 17.02.2016, edited by Miranta Kouvari
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Nesodon sp. Owen 1846 notoungulate | |
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Protypotherium praerutilum Ameghino 1887 notoungulate | |
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Hegetotherium mirabile Ameghino 1887 notoungulate | |
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Steiromys detentus Ameghino 1887 caviomorph
Neoreomys australis Ameghino 1887 caviomorph
Eocardia cf. excavala caviomorph | |
"Proterotherium" cf. cavum, "Diadiaphorus sp." = Proterotherium
"Proterotherium" cf. cavum Ameghino 1887 placental
"Diadiaphorus sp." = Proterotherium Ameghino 1883 placental | |
| Amphibia | |
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Caudiverbera sp. Laurenti 1768 frog Se registró la presencia de Caudiverbera sp. (Anura, Leptodactylidae) [1232] en un paleocauce fijo de bajo paleorrégimen de flujo, expuesto en Estancia La Costa y que es correlacionable con el nivel fosilífero 4 (Tauber, 1994, 1996). NIVEL
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