Piso Astrapothericulense (Miocene to of Argentina)

Also known as Pinturan of Patagonia

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (46.9° S, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° S, 65.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Colhuehuapian to Colhuehuapian (21.0 - 16.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: A. G. Kramarz. 2006. Eocardiids (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Pinturas Formation, Late early Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):770-778 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176628: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 18.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Luantus propheticus n. sp. Ameghino 1899 caviomorph
MACN A 2018, dentary p4-m3, holotype; MACN A 52-610
 Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Scleromys quadrangulatus n. sp. Kramarz 2006 caviomorph
MLP 82-VI-3-2, right dentary with complete dentition