Estancia El Crisol (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.6° S, 65.3° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° S, 59.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Gaiman Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; sandstone

• marine inner shelf to shoreline environment
• succession of mudstones, fine tuffs, sandstones, tuffaceous sandstones, and sparse shell-beds

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. I. Cuitiño, M. R. Buono, M. Viglino, N. D. Farroni, and S. Bessone. 2019. Factors affecting the preservation and distribution of cetaceans in the lower T Miocene Gaiman Formation of Patagonia, Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 526:110-125 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203129: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Odontoceti indet.
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Dolgopolis kinchikafiforo n. gen. n. sp.2
Dolgopolis kinchikafiforo n. gen. n. sp.2 Viglino et al. 2021 toothed whale
MPEF-PV 1344
 Cetacea - Squaloziphiidae
Crisocetus lydekkeri n. gen. n. sp.1
Crisocetus lydekkeri n. gen. n. sp.1 Gaetán et al. 2023 toothed whale
MPEF-PV 1362
1Gaetán et al. 2023; 2Viglino et al. 2021