Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (46.6° S, 70.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.2° S, 65.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rio Frias Formation, Friasian (16.3 - 15.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. G. Vucetich. 1984. Los roedores de la Edad Friasense (Mioceno medio) de Patagonia. Revista del Museo de la Plata (Nuova serie) Paleontologia 50(8):47-126 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207565: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 20.01.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Eusigmomys oppositus n. sp.
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