Encalilla (Miocene to of Argentina)

Also known as in Santa María Valley

Where: Catamarca, Argentina (26.7° S, 65.9° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° S, 64.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Andalhuala Formation, Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 Ma)

• Araucanense, Rovereto, 1914

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. C. Madozzo-Jaén, M. E. Pérez, C. I. Montalvo and R. L. Tomassini. 2018. Systematic review of Neocavia from the Neogene of Argentina: Phylogenetic and evolutionary implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63(2):241-260 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204710: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 18.09.2019, edited by Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Tremacyllus incipiens Rovereto 1914 notoungulate
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Neocavia lozanoi Kraglievich 1932 caviomorph
PVL 7057