Puerta de Corral Quemado (Andalhuala sup 5/5) (Pliocene of Argentina)

Where: Catamarca, Argentina (27.2° S, 66.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.3° S, 65.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Andalhuala Formation, Chapadmalalan (4.0 - 3.0 Ma)

• In Figure 3 they sum up the chronobiostratigraphy of locality Puerta de Corral Quemade and locality Villavil. Information about this locality (age, geology etc) mostly come from this figure.

•*dataciones absolutas de Latorre et al. (1997) (Date based on study on d13C and d18O.)** datación ab- soluta de Sasso (1997); las edades de la columna Ma son asignadas de acuerdo a la tasa de sedimentación

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

• The environment proposed for El Jarillal Member (Chiquimil Formation) and lower levels of the Andalhuala Formations is savanna- like, with small forests and a wet season with a progressive aridification toward the top of the Andalhuala Formation.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Esteban, N. Nasif, and S. M. Georgieff. 2014. Cronobioestratigrafía del Mioceno tardío – Plioceno temprano, Puerta de Corral Quemado y Villavil, provincia de Catamarca, Argentina. Acta geológica lilloana 26(2):165-192 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 198555: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 17.12.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Vassallia maxima
Vassallia maxima Castellanos 1946 edentate
 Rodentia - Abrocomidae
Protabrocoma cf. antiqua
Protabrocoma cf. antiqua Rovereto 1914 chinchilla rat
 Rodentia - Octodontidae
Pseudoplataeomys sp.
Pseudoplataeomys sp. Kraglievich 1934 caviomorph