CaƱadon Hondo (Eocene of Argentina)

Also known as (FN: CH1/10, CH4/10, CH20/10, CH53/10 (MPEF-PV 10557, 10558, 10560, 10562)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.4° S, 67.7° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 57.9° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Sarmiento Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuff and tuffaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MEF

Primary reference: J. Sterli, M. S. de la Fuente, and J. M. Krause. 2015. A new turtle from the Palaeogene of Patagonia (Argentina) sheds new light on the diversity and evolution of the bizarre clade of horned turtles (Meiolaniidae, Testudinata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174:519-548 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 208477: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Meiolaniidae
Gaffneylania auricularis Sterli et al. 2015 turtle