Meseta Latorre (Magallanense terrestrial Upper Section - lower part) (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.5° S, 72.1° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° S, 66.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Magallanense terrestrial Upper Section Member (Santa Cruz Formation), Santacrucian (17.5 - 16.3 Ma)

• The fossils come from a 500 m thick sequence, which this or author calls "Magallanense terrestrial" "Upper Section of Magallanense" which apparently corresponds to the Santa Cruz Formation

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green, red sandstone and white, yellow tuff

• It is composed of rusty or slightly greenish sandstones, dark gray and gray clays, white or yellowish tuffs (especially in the middle part) and conglomerates.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. G. Marshall and P. Salinas Z. 1990. Vertebrados continentales del Mioceno inferior de Magallanes, Chile. Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia, Serie Ciencias Naturales 19(1):27-38 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207606: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 21.01.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae
Astrapotherium magnum
Astrapotherium magnum Owen 1853 placental
 Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae
"Perimys perpinguis" = Perimys onustus
"Perimys perpinguis" = Perimys onustus Ameghino 1887 caviomorph