Also known as beds from paleosol 9 to paleosol 11 of Zarate, 1989
Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.1° S, 57.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° S, 56.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Zone of Akodon (Akodon) lorenzinii - Vorohuen zone, Vorohué Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• This zone is the biostratigraphic basis for the Vorohuean.
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•roughly the Vorohuen “Formation” of Kraglievich, 1952
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•Vorohué Formation, Marplatan Age/Stage, Vorohuean Subage/Substage (late Pliocene).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; paleosol/pedogenic lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: A. L. Cione and E. P. Tonni. 1996. Reassesment of the Pliocene-Pleistocene continental time scale of Southern South America. Correlation of the type Chapadmalalan with Bolivian sections. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 9(3/4):221-236 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari/M. Kouvari]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 199157: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 23.01.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Galictis sorgentini grison | |
"Pseudalopex sp." = Lycalopex
"Pseudalopex sp." = Lycalopex Burmeister 1854 South American fox Taxon ranging from the zone to younger levels
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Cholomys pearsoni Reig 1980 mouse | |
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