Monte Tigre Level 8.1 (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.3° S, 69.0° W: paleocoordinates 52.0° S, 63.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Estancia La Costa Member (Santa Cruz Formation), Santacrucian (17.5 - 16.3 Ma)

• Estancia Angelina (levels >10) is on top of Estancia la Costa member (levels 1-10)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: A. A. Tauber. 1997. Bioestratigrafía de la Formación Santa Cruz (Mioceno Inferior) en el extremo sudeste de la Patagonia. Ameghiniana 34(4):517-529 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206237: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 05.11.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae
Prothylacynus patagonicus
Prothylacynus patagonicus Ameghino 1891 metatherian
 Cingulata - Propalaehoplophoridae
Cochlops debilis
Cochlops debilis Ameghino 1891 edentate
 Cingulata - Chlamyphoridae
"Proeutatus oenophorus" = Proeutatus oenophorum
"Proeutatus oenophorus" = Proeutatus oenophorum Ameghino 1887 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Hapalops sp., "Pseudhapalops rutimeyeri" = Hapalops rutimeyeri, Hapalops gracilidens, Hapalops indifferens, Megalonychotherium atavus
Hapalops sp. Ameghino 1887 edentate
"Pseudhapalops rutimeyeri" = Hapalops rutimeyeri Ameghino 1891 edentate
Hapalops gracilidens Ameghino 1891 edentate
Hapalops indifferens Ameghino 1887 edentate
Megalonychotherium atavus Scott 1903 edentate
 Megatherioidea -
Pelecyodon sp., Pelecyodon cristatus
Pelecyodon sp. Ameghino 1891 edentate
Pelecyodon cristatus Ameghino 1891 edentate
 Rodentia -
Neoreomys australis, Neoreomys cf. australis
Neoreomys australis Ameghino 1887 caviomorph
Neoreomys cf. australis Ameghino 1887 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Eocardiidae
Eocardiidae indet.
Eocardiidae indet. Ameghino 1891 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Prolagostomus obliquidens
 Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
"Proterotherium" intermedium, Licaphrium floweri
"Proterotherium" intermedium Ameghino 1894 placental
Licaphrium floweri Ameghino 1887 placental
 Notoungulata - Interatheriidae
Interatherium sp., Protypotherium australe
Interatherium sp. Ameghino 1887 notoungulate
Protypotherium australe Moreno 1882 notoungulate
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Nesodon sp., "Adinotherium ovinum" = Adinotherium ovinum, "Adinotherium cf. ovinum" = Adinotherium ovinum, "Adinotherium robustum" = Adinotherium ovinum
Nesodon sp. Owen 1846 notoungulate
"Adinotherium ovinum" = Adinotherium ovinum Owen 1846 notoungulate
"Adinotherium cf. ovinum" = Adinotherium ovinum Owen 1846 notoungulate
"Adinotherium robustum" = Adinotherium ovinum Owen 1846 notoungulate