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: Estancia La Costa Member (Santa Cruz Formation), Santacrucian (17.5 - 16.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: F. J. Prevosti, A. M. Forasiepi, M. D. Ercoli and G. F. Turazzini. 2012. Paleoecology of the mammalian carnivores (Metatheria, Sparassodonta) of the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 173-193 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176635: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 19.02.2016, edited by Miranta Kouvari
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hapalops cf. elongatus Ameghino 1891 edentate | |
"Adinotherium robustum" = Adinotherium ovinum
"Adinotherium robustum" = Adinotherium ovinum Owen 1846 notoungulate | |
Homalodotherium cunninghami Flower 1884 notoungulate | |
Protypotherium attenatum notoungulate | |
Stichomys regularis Ameghino 1887 caviomorph
Spaniomys riparius Ameghino 1887 caviomorph
Neoreomys australis Ameghino 1887 caviomorph | |
Thoatherium minusculum Ameghino 1887 placental | |
Cladosictis patagonica Ameghino 1887 metatherian MPM-PV 3584 - watch out this occurrence also exists in Canadon Silva general locality
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