12 miles North of Cape Fairweather (Capo Buen Tempo) (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (51.4° S, 69.0° W: paleocoordinates 52.0° S, 63.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Estancia La Angelina Member (Santa Cruz Formation), Santacrucian (17.5 - 16.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. De Iuliis, F. Pujos, N. Toledo, M. S. Bargo, and S. F. Vizcaino. 2014. Eucholoeops Ameghino, 1887 (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megalonychidae) from the Santa Cruz Formation, Argentine Patagonia: implications for the systematics of Santacrucian sloths. Geodiversitas 36(2):209-255 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207743: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 29.01.2020, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Eucholoeops ingens Ameghino 1887 edentate
FMNH P13139
 Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae
Palaeothentes lemoinei Ameghino 1887 marsupial