La Victoria quarry (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Neuquén, Argentina (39.0° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.8° S, 64.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cerro Bandera Formation, Colhuehuapian (21.0 - 17.5 Ma)

• Kramarz and Bond 2011: Based upon its faunal content, the fossil bearing levels of the Cerro Bandera Formation was assigned to the Colhuehuapian SALMA (early Miocene) (KRAMARZ et al. 2005).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Kramarz and Bond 2011: This unit comprises a series of isolated outcrops that represent the relicts of an old alluvial filling developed on small local valleys excavated on late Cretaceous and Paleocene deposits. It is composed by a succession of reworked pyroclastic deposits alternating with primary pyroclastic and scant sandstone levels (Leanza & Hugo 1997; Kramarz et al. 2005).

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Kramarz and Bond 2011: MOZ PV 4082 is housed within Museo “Prof. Juan Olsacher”, Zapala (Argentina);

Primary reference: A. Kramarz and M. Bond. 2011. A new early Miocene astrapotheriid (Mammalia, Astrapotheria) from Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 260:277-287 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202118: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 24.06.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae
Comahuetherium coccaorum n. sp.
Comahuetherium coccaorum n. sp. Kramarz and Bond 2011 placental
MOZ PV 4082 (type)