Fenix River (Miocene of Argentina)

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
 Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Eusigmomys oppositus n. sp. Ameghino 1904 caviomorph
author couldn't find the type in the MACN