Where: La Pampa, Argentina (36.6° S, 67.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° S, 64.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cerro Azul Formation, Huayquerian (8.0 - 5.0 Ma)
• The Cerro Azul Formation is referrecl to the Huayquerian (Late Miocene) based on the presence of severa! groups of fossil mammals.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Esteban, et al. 2000: Todos los ejemplares analizados están depositados en
•la Cátedra de Geología Histórica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la Universidad Nacional ele La Pampa, Argentina, cuyo acrónimo es GHUNLPam
Primary reference: G. I. Esteban, N. L. Nasif, and C. I. Montalvo. 2000. Nuevos registros de Dasypodidae (Xenarthra) del Mioceno tardío de la provincia de La Pampa, Argentina. Revista Espanola de Paleontología 16(1):77-87 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 204360: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 06.09.2019, edited by Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hemihegetotherium achataleptum Rovereto 1914 notoungulate GHUNLPam 9964, GHUNLPam 9984, GHUNLPam 9991, GHUNLPam 9998
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Vetelia perforata Scillato-Yané 1977 armadillo
Chasicotatus ameghinoi Scillato-Yané 1977 armadillo |