Estancia La Costa below Fossiliferous Level 1 (Miocene of Argentina)

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: S. F. Vizcaíno, J. C. Fernicola, and M. S. Bargo. 2012. Paleobiology of Santacrucian glyptodonts and armadillos (Xenarthra, Cingulata). In S. F. Vizcaí­no, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 194-215 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176642: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 20.02.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Chlamyphoridae
"Proeutatus oenophorus" = Proeutatus oenophorum
"Proeutatus oenophorus" = Proeutatus oenophorum Ameghino 1887 edentate
MPM-PV 3489, carapace fragment with femur, vertebrae, osteoderms