SW of Punta Hermengo (Pliocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.3° S, 57.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° S, 56.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chapadmalalan (4.0 - 3.0 Ma)

• ?Chapadmalalan (Plioceno sup)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. J. Ortega Hinosa. 1963. Dos nuevos Caviidae de la region de Chapadmalal. Datos complementarios a las diagnosis de otros Caviinae poso conocidos. Ameghiniana 3(1):21-28 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206389: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 14.11.2019

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Pascualia laeviplicata n. gen. n. sp.
Pascualia laeviplicata n. gen. n. sp. Ortega Hinosa 1963 caviomorph
Holotype: MLP 52-X-3-22