Trelew (of Simpson 1935) (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.2° S, 65.3° W: paleocoordinates 43.8° S, 59.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Trelew Member (Sarmiento Formation), Colhuehuapian (21.0 - 17.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. G. Vucetich and D. H. Verzi. 1991. Un nuevo Echimyidae (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) de la edad Colhuehuapiense de Patagonia y consideraciones sobre la sistematica de la familia. Ameghiniana 28(1-2):67-74 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206621: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 22.11.2019

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Willidewu esteparius Vucetich and Verzi 1991 caviomorph
AMNH 97729. (ver Simpson, 1935: 9-10 como: aff. Sciamys sp.).