Vinchina Formation (Oligocene of Argentina)

Where: La Rioja, Argentina (28.8° S, 68.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.1° S, 61.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Vinchina Formation), Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• near the base of the Upper Member

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: V. Krapovickas and N. L. Nasif. 2011. Large caviomorph rodent footprints of the Late Oligocene Vinchina Formation, Argentina. Palaeontologia Electronica 14(2):12A [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176639: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 20.02.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Tacheria troyana n. gen. n. sp.
Tacheria troyana n. gen. n. sp. Krapovickas and Nasif 2011 caviomorph
Tw1 and Tw2, trackways; F1-4, isolated manus-pes footprints